Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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. Art of Medicine Feb 2020 Risks, Benefits, and Conundrums of Cancer Screening Nick Love, PhD A patient’s story represents an ethical dilemma of cancer screening: it can save lives but generates diagnostic morbidity and incurs costs. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E164-165. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.164. 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. Health Law Mar 2020 Which Legal Approaches Help Limit Harms to Patients From Clinicians’ Conscience-Based Refusals? Rachel Kogan, JD, Katherine L. Kraschel, JD, and Claudia E. Haupt, PhD, JSD When a clinician refuses to do a procedure consistent with standard of care for a patient, legal resources can be helpful. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E209-216. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.209. Medicine and Society Mar 2020 How Should We Judge Whether and When Mission Statements Are Ethically Deployed? Kellie E. Schueler and Debra B. Stulberg, MD Mission statements offer limited benefit when patients do not have meaningful choices about where to seek care and can be misused. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E239-247. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.239. 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. Policy Forum Feb 2022 Por qué los enfoques no carcelarios basados en la atención para las personas detenidas con enfermedades mentales son clave para volver a confiar o no en los profesionales o la autoridad estatal Frederic G. Reamer, PhD AMA J Ethics. 2022;E145-149. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.145. Health Law May 2022 Does Regulating Dietary Supplements as Food in a World of Social Media Influencers Promote Public Safety? Joshua J. Klein and Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE Weaknesses in regulatory approaches to negligent misrepresentation claims about dietary supplements can have clinical and public health consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E396-401. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.396. Case and Commentary Jun 2022 How Should Health Systems Help Clinicians Manage Bias Against Ex-combatants? Christopher W. Reynolds and Camilo Sánchez Meertens, MPP Clinicians in postconflict health care settings can be tasked with caring for patients who were enemies. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(6):E483-488. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.483. Health Law Jun 2022 Survivor-Centered Approaches to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law Klearchos A. Kyriakides, PhD, MPhil and Andreas K. Demetriades, MBBChir, MPhil During or after conflict, a clinician might be required to provide evidence to an official investigatory body or court. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(6):E495-517. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.495. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
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.
Art of Medicine Feb 2020 Risks, Benefits, and Conundrums of Cancer Screening Nick Love, PhD A patient’s story represents an ethical dilemma of cancer screening: it can save lives but generates diagnostic morbidity and incurs costs. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E164-165. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.164.
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.
Health Law Mar 2020 Which Legal Approaches Help Limit Harms to Patients From Clinicians’ Conscience-Based Refusals? Rachel Kogan, JD, Katherine L. Kraschel, JD, and Claudia E. Haupt, PhD, JSD When a clinician refuses to do a procedure consistent with standard of care for a patient, legal resources can be helpful. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E209-216. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.209.
Medicine and Society Mar 2020 How Should We Judge Whether and When Mission Statements Are Ethically Deployed? Kellie E. Schueler and Debra B. Stulberg, MD Mission statements offer limited benefit when patients do not have meaningful choices about where to seek care and can be misused. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E239-247. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.239.
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.
Policy Forum Feb 2022 Por qué los enfoques no carcelarios basados en la atención para las personas detenidas con enfermedades mentales son clave para volver a confiar o no en los profesionales o la autoridad estatal Frederic G. Reamer, PhD AMA J Ethics. 2022;E145-149. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.145.
Health Law May 2022 Does Regulating Dietary Supplements as Food in a World of Social Media Influencers Promote Public Safety? Joshua J. Klein and Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE Weaknesses in regulatory approaches to negligent misrepresentation claims about dietary supplements can have clinical and public health consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E396-401. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.396.
Case and Commentary Jun 2022 How Should Health Systems Help Clinicians Manage Bias Against Ex-combatants? Christopher W. Reynolds and Camilo Sánchez Meertens, MPP Clinicians in postconflict health care settings can be tasked with caring for patients who were enemies. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(6):E483-488. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.483.
Health Law Jun 2022 Survivor-Centered Approaches to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law Klearchos A. Kyriakides, PhD, MPhil and Andreas K. Demetriades, MBBChir, MPhil During or after conflict, a clinician might be required to provide evidence to an official investigatory body or court. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(6):E495-517. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.495.