Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should a Physician Respond to a Patient’s Pain When New Opioid Prescribing Laws Limit Shared Decision Making? Alexander J. Hjelmaas, MD and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA Regulations’ negative influence on patient-physician relationships can be mitigated by innovation in decision science. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E838-843. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.838. Case and Commentary Nov 2019 In Experimental Hand Transplantation, Whose Views About Outcomes Should Matter Most? Andrea DiMartini, MD and Mary Amanda Dew, PhD Clinician-researchers deeply invested in data gathering are still obliged to respect a patient-subject’s right to stop being in research. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E936-942. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.936. Case and Commentary Dec 2019 Using the 4-S Framework to Guide Conversations With Patients About CRISPR Lisa S. Lehmann, MD, PhD, MSc Empathic communication skills help motivate understanding of safety, significance of harms, impact on succeeding generations, and social consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(12):E1029-1035. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1029. Case and Commentary Feb 2020 How Should Physicians in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Regard Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems to Facilitate Smoking Cessation? Thomas E. Novotny, MD, MPH, DSc (Hon) and May C. I. van Schalkwyk, MBBS, MPH Vaping has been thought to be a safe, effective smoking cessation aid, but little evidence supports its value in mitigating tobacco use. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E82-92. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.82. Case and Commentary Nov 2020 What Is an Ethically Informed Approach to Managing Patient Safety Risk During Discharge Planning? John C. West, JD, MA Patients leaving against medical advice draw attention to intersections of tort law, federal and state regulations, and clinical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E919-923. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.919. Medicine and Society Jul 2021 When Disability Is Defined by Behavior, Outcome Measures Should Not Promote “Passing” Ari Ne’eman Defining typical appearance as a goal of health service provision is harmful and unnecessary for traits that are stigmatized but neither harmful nor distressing. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E569-575. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.569. Medical Education Sep 2023 Moral Intuitions About Futility as Prompts for Evaluating Goals in Mental Health Care Anna L. Westermair, MD and Manuel Trachsel, MD, PhD Futility can function as a moral counterweight to a duty to treat, helping clinicians find balance between over- and undertreatment. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E690-702. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.690. Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent? Ramya Sampath All harm resulting from negligence is iatrogenic, but not all iatrogenic injury is negligent. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E735-739. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.735. Medicine and Society Oct 2019 Which Ethical Considerations Should Inform Hospice Decisions About Caring for Patients With Obesity? Chithra R. Perumalswami, MD, MSc, Brycin D. Hanslits, and Susan D. Goold, MD, MA, MHSA Current evidence suggests how hospice and palliative care clinicians can help advocate for high-quality, end-of-life care for patients with obesity. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E873-878. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.873. Case and Commentary Nov 2019 How Should Surgeons Balance Transplantation Innovation With Acceptance of a Trauma Survivor’s Appearance? Carly Parnitzke Smith, PhD Counseling a patient about reconstructive surgery for a traumatic and disfiguring injury requires special consideration. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E953-959. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.953. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Current page 12 Page 13 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should a Physician Respond to a Patient’s Pain When New Opioid Prescribing Laws Limit Shared Decision Making? Alexander J. Hjelmaas, MD and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA Regulations’ negative influence on patient-physician relationships can be mitigated by innovation in decision science. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E838-843. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.838.
Case and Commentary Nov 2019 In Experimental Hand Transplantation, Whose Views About Outcomes Should Matter Most? Andrea DiMartini, MD and Mary Amanda Dew, PhD Clinician-researchers deeply invested in data gathering are still obliged to respect a patient-subject’s right to stop being in research. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E936-942. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.936.
Case and Commentary Dec 2019 Using the 4-S Framework to Guide Conversations With Patients About CRISPR Lisa S. Lehmann, MD, PhD, MSc Empathic communication skills help motivate understanding of safety, significance of harms, impact on succeeding generations, and social consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(12):E1029-1035. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.1029.
Case and Commentary Feb 2020 How Should Physicians in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Regard Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems to Facilitate Smoking Cessation? Thomas E. Novotny, MD, MPH, DSc (Hon) and May C. I. van Schalkwyk, MBBS, MPH Vaping has been thought to be a safe, effective smoking cessation aid, but little evidence supports its value in mitigating tobacco use. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E82-92. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.82.
Case and Commentary Nov 2020 What Is an Ethically Informed Approach to Managing Patient Safety Risk During Discharge Planning? John C. West, JD, MA Patients leaving against medical advice draw attention to intersections of tort law, federal and state regulations, and clinical ethics. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E919-923. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.919.
Medicine and Society Jul 2021 When Disability Is Defined by Behavior, Outcome Measures Should Not Promote “Passing” Ari Ne’eman Defining typical appearance as a goal of health service provision is harmful and unnecessary for traits that are stigmatized but neither harmful nor distressing. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E569-575. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.569.
Medical Education Sep 2023 Moral Intuitions About Futility as Prompts for Evaluating Goals in Mental Health Care Anna L. Westermair, MD and Manuel Trachsel, MD, PhD Futility can function as a moral counterweight to a duty to treat, helping clinicians find balance between over- and undertreatment. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E690-702. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.690.
Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Is Iatrogenic Harm Negligent? Ramya Sampath All harm resulting from negligence is iatrogenic, but not all iatrogenic injury is negligent. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E735-739. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.735.
Medicine and Society Oct 2019 Which Ethical Considerations Should Inform Hospice Decisions About Caring for Patients With Obesity? Chithra R. Perumalswami, MD, MSc, Brycin D. Hanslits, and Susan D. Goold, MD, MA, MHSA Current evidence suggests how hospice and palliative care clinicians can help advocate for high-quality, end-of-life care for patients with obesity. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E873-878. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.873.
Case and Commentary Nov 2019 How Should Surgeons Balance Transplantation Innovation With Acceptance of a Trauma Survivor’s Appearance? Carly Parnitzke Smith, PhD Counseling a patient about reconstructive surgery for a traumatic and disfiguring injury requires special consideration. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E953-959. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.953.
