Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Letter to the Editor Jan 2023 Response to “What Should Clinicians and Patients Know About the Clinical Gaze, Disability, and Iatrogenic Harm When Making Decisions?” Novel Reasons for Diversification of Health Care Vishruth M. Nagam Clinical needs of patients with disabilities are seen with the “medical gaze,” a depersonalized lens of evidence-based medicine and of presumed objectivity. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(1):E85-87. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.85. Health Law Jun 2023 What’s Wrong With Criminalizing Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender Adolescents? Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE This article canvasses states’ legal prohibitions and challenges to them and considers consequences for clinicians and patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E414-420. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.414. Case and Commentary Apr 2023 How Should Food Offered by Health Care Organizations Meet Individual, Community, and Ecological Needs? Jennifer L. Weinberg, MD, MPH, MBE Sustainable food services are key dimensions of health care organizations’ civic and stewardship responsibilities to individuals and communities. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E256-263. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.256. Case and Commentary Jul 2017 How Should Clinicians Counsel a Woman with a Strong Family History of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease about Her Pregnancy? Marianna V. Mapes, Barbara M. O'Brien, MD, and Louise P. King, MD, JD Pregnant women at high risk for heritable diseases need support and nondirective genetic counseling. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):663-674. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas4-1707. Case and Commentary Jan 2005 Confidential Care for Minors and Protecting Genetic Information, Additional Information Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(1):53-60. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.1.ccas10c-0501. Case and Commentary Jun 2009 Physicians' Duty to Be Aware of and Report Environmental Toxins, Commentary 2 Steven R. Kirkhorn, MD, MPH The physician’s duty extends beyond treating individual patients to reporting public health threats when they are identified. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(6):437-442. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.6.ccas2-0906.
Letter to the Editor Jan 2023 Response to “What Should Clinicians and Patients Know About the Clinical Gaze, Disability, and Iatrogenic Harm When Making Decisions?” Novel Reasons for Diversification of Health Care Vishruth M. Nagam Clinical needs of patients with disabilities are seen with the “medical gaze,” a depersonalized lens of evidence-based medicine and of presumed objectivity. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(1):E85-87. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.85.
Health Law Jun 2023 What’s Wrong With Criminalizing Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender Adolescents? Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE This article canvasses states’ legal prohibitions and challenges to them and considers consequences for clinicians and patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E414-420. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.414.
Case and Commentary Apr 2023 How Should Food Offered by Health Care Organizations Meet Individual, Community, and Ecological Needs? Jennifer L. Weinberg, MD, MPH, MBE Sustainable food services are key dimensions of health care organizations’ civic and stewardship responsibilities to individuals and communities. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E256-263. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.256.
Case and Commentary Jul 2017 How Should Clinicians Counsel a Woman with a Strong Family History of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease about Her Pregnancy? Marianna V. Mapes, Barbara M. O'Brien, MD, and Louise P. King, MD, JD Pregnant women at high risk for heritable diseases need support and nondirective genetic counseling. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):663-674. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas4-1707.
Case and Commentary Jan 2005 Confidential Care for Minors and Protecting Genetic Information, Additional Information Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(1):53-60. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.1.ccas10c-0501.
Case and Commentary Jun 2009 Physicians' Duty to Be Aware of and Report Environmental Toxins, Commentary 2 Steven R. Kirkhorn, MD, MPH The physician’s duty extends beyond treating individual patients to reporting public health threats when they are identified. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(6):437-442. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.6.ccas2-0906.