Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary May 2020 How Should Adolescent Health Decision-Making Authority Be Shared? Kimberly Sawyer, MD and Abby R. Rosenberg, MD, MS, MA Shared decision making is complex with patients who are adolescents, whose relational autonomy is still emerging. AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(5):E372-379. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.372. Medicine and Society Jun 2016 Ethical and Epidemiological Dimensions of Labeling Psychosis Risk Cheryl M. Corcoran, MD Although the stigma of the psychosis risk label can cause harm, the label can also confer benefit and provides an explanatory framework for symptoms. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(6):633-642. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.msoc2-1606. Personal Narrative Jun 2016 Recovery and Service: On Being a Physician with Mental Illness Mark Vonnegut, MD Physicians with a mental illness can have good, empathic relationships with their patients, even if patients know of their condition. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(6):643-645. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.mnar1-1606. AMA Code Says Mar 2020 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Organizational Influence in Health Care Abigail Scheper As larger organizations become more influential in the health care sector, the Code can help physicians navigate those organizations’ influence on their practices. AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(3):E217-220. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.217. Medicine and Society May 2016 Health Care Ethics Committees as Mediators of Social Values and the Culture of Medicine Cynthia M.A. Geppert, MD, MA, MPH, MSB, DPS and Wayne Shelton, PhD Health care ethics committees may fail in their role as mediators if their members lack impartiality, independence, or expertise in policy formation. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(5):534-539. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.msoc1-1605. Case and Commentary Feb 2016 Should Physicians Attempt to Persuade a Patient to Accept a Compromised Organ for Transplant? Andy A. Tully, MD, Geraldine C. Diaz, DO, and John F. Renz, MD, PhD Transplant physicians must respect indecisive patients’ autonomy while continuing to educate them during their progress towards transplantation. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(2):101-107. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas1-1602. Case and Commentary Feb 2016 How to Communicate Clearly about Brain Death and First-Person Consent to Donate Stuart J. Youngner, MD Despite clear donor consent, health professionals must communicate clearly about death to family members to avoid confusion. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(2):108-114. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas2-1602. Case and Commentary May 2022 Should Clinicians Ever Recommend Supplements to Patients Trying to Lose Weight? Melinda M. Manore, PhD, RDN and Megan Patton-Lopez, PhD, RDN Helping patients mitigate their risk of chronic disease is key, but dietary supplements are risky. AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(5):E345-352. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.345. Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered? Bantale Ayisire, MS, RN and Kristen R. Choi, PhD, RN Inequitable care and outcomes experienced by persons with mental illness have long been exacerbated by stigma expressed by clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(8):E729-734. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.729. Medicine and Society Aug 2022 How Biased and Carceral Responses to Persons With Mental Illness in Acute Medical Care Settings Constitute Iatrogenic Harms Carmen Black, MD and Amanda Calhoun, MD, MPH Neglected examples of iatrogenic harm involve persons with severe mental illness who seek inpatient care. AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(8):E781-787. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.781. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary May 2020 How Should Adolescent Health Decision-Making Authority Be Shared? Kimberly Sawyer, MD and Abby R. Rosenberg, MD, MS, MA Shared decision making is complex with patients who are adolescents, whose relational autonomy is still emerging. AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(5):E372-379. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.372.
Medicine and Society Jun 2016 Ethical and Epidemiological Dimensions of Labeling Psychosis Risk Cheryl M. Corcoran, MD Although the stigma of the psychosis risk label can cause harm, the label can also confer benefit and provides an explanatory framework for symptoms. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(6):633-642. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.msoc2-1606.
Personal Narrative Jun 2016 Recovery and Service: On Being a Physician with Mental Illness Mark Vonnegut, MD Physicians with a mental illness can have good, empathic relationships with their patients, even if patients know of their condition. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(6):643-645. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.mnar1-1606.
AMA Code Says Mar 2020 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Organizational Influence in Health Care Abigail Scheper As larger organizations become more influential in the health care sector, the Code can help physicians navigate those organizations’ influence on their practices. AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(3):E217-220. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.217.
Medicine and Society May 2016 Health Care Ethics Committees as Mediators of Social Values and the Culture of Medicine Cynthia M.A. Geppert, MD, MA, MPH, MSB, DPS and Wayne Shelton, PhD Health care ethics committees may fail in their role as mediators if their members lack impartiality, independence, or expertise in policy formation. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(5):534-539. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.msoc1-1605.
Case and Commentary Feb 2016 Should Physicians Attempt to Persuade a Patient to Accept a Compromised Organ for Transplant? Andy A. Tully, MD, Geraldine C. Diaz, DO, and John F. Renz, MD, PhD Transplant physicians must respect indecisive patients’ autonomy while continuing to educate them during their progress towards transplantation. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(2):101-107. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas1-1602.
Case and Commentary Feb 2016 How to Communicate Clearly about Brain Death and First-Person Consent to Donate Stuart J. Youngner, MD Despite clear donor consent, health professionals must communicate clearly about death to family members to avoid confusion. AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(2):108-114. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.ecas2-1602.
Case and Commentary May 2022 Should Clinicians Ever Recommend Supplements to Patients Trying to Lose Weight? Melinda M. Manore, PhD, RDN and Megan Patton-Lopez, PhD, RDN Helping patients mitigate their risk of chronic disease is key, but dietary supplements are risky. AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(5):E345-352. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.345.
Case and Commentary Aug 2022 When Experiencing Inequitable Health Care Is a Patient’s Norm, How Should Iatrogenic Harm Be Considered? Bantale Ayisire, MS, RN and Kristen R. Choi, PhD, RN Inequitable care and outcomes experienced by persons with mental illness have long been exacerbated by stigma expressed by clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(8):E729-734. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.729.
Medicine and Society Aug 2022 How Biased and Carceral Responses to Persons With Mental Illness in Acute Medical Care Settings Constitute Iatrogenic Harms Carmen Black, MD and Amanda Calhoun, MD, MPH Neglected examples of iatrogenic harm involve persons with severe mental illness who seek inpatient care. AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(8):E781-787. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.781.