Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Feb 2019 What Are Important Ethical Implications of Using Facial Recognition Technology in Health Care? Nicole Martinez-Martin, JD, PhD Applications can identify and monitor patients. They can also diagnose genetic, medical, and behavioral conditions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(2):E180-187. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.180. 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. Medicine and Society Feb 2020 How Should Low- and Middle-Income Countries Motivate Equity in Cancer Prevention and Control? Justin M. List, MD, MAR, MSc and Jeremy M. O’Connor, MD, MHS Government and public-private coalitions have important roles in cancer surveillance in LMICs. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E147-155. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.147. Case and Commentary Feb 2020 When Is a Suboptimal Approach to Cancer Screening Better Than None? Ramy Sedhom, MD and Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD Mortality rates for breast cancer are higher where treatments are unavailable and unaffordable. Though less effective, breast examination could be a good screening approach. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E93-101. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.93. Policy Forum Feb 2020 How Should Global Tobacco Control Efforts Be Prioritized to Protect Children in Resource-Poor Regions? Stella Aguinaga Bialous, DrPH and Yvette van der Eijk, PhD Tobacco and e-cigarette marketing is largely unrestricted in low- and middle-income countries, a violation of children’s rights. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E135-146. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.135. 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. 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. Policy Forum Mar 2016 Medical Malpractice Reform: Historical Approaches, Alternative Models, and Communication and Resolution Programs Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD and Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA Alternatives to suing could help open communication between injured patients and clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):299-310. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.pfor6-1603. Viewpoint Mar 2016 Undocumented Immigrants Face a Unique Set of Risks from Tuberculosis Treatment: Is This Just? Kelly A. Kyanko, MD, MHS, Jun-Chieh James Tsay, MD, MSc, Katherine Yun, MD, MHS, and Brendan Parent, JD Undocumented immigrants treated with isoniazid (INH) for latent tuberculosis infection should be covered for transplant for INH-related liver failure. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):311-318. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.sect1-1603. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Current page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Policy Forum Feb 2019 What Are Important Ethical Implications of Using Facial Recognition Technology in Health Care? Nicole Martinez-Martin, JD, PhD Applications can identify and monitor patients. They can also diagnose genetic, medical, and behavioral conditions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(2):E180-187. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.180.
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.
Medicine and Society Feb 2020 How Should Low- and Middle-Income Countries Motivate Equity in Cancer Prevention and Control? Justin M. List, MD, MAR, MSc and Jeremy M. O’Connor, MD, MHS Government and public-private coalitions have important roles in cancer surveillance in LMICs. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E147-155. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.147.
Case and Commentary Feb 2020 When Is a Suboptimal Approach to Cancer Screening Better Than None? Ramy Sedhom, MD and Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD Mortality rates for breast cancer are higher where treatments are unavailable and unaffordable. Though less effective, breast examination could be a good screening approach. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E93-101. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.93.
Policy Forum Feb 2020 How Should Global Tobacco Control Efforts Be Prioritized to Protect Children in Resource-Poor Regions? Stella Aguinaga Bialous, DrPH and Yvette van der Eijk, PhD Tobacco and e-cigarette marketing is largely unrestricted in low- and middle-income countries, a violation of children’s rights. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E135-146. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.135.
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.
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.
Policy Forum Mar 2016 Medical Malpractice Reform: Historical Approaches, Alternative Models, and Communication and Resolution Programs Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD and Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA Alternatives to suing could help open communication between injured patients and clinicians. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):299-310. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.pfor6-1603.
Viewpoint Mar 2016 Undocumented Immigrants Face a Unique Set of Risks from Tuberculosis Treatment: Is This Just? Kelly A. Kyanko, MD, MHS, Jun-Chieh James Tsay, MD, MSc, Katherine Yun, MD, MHS, and Brendan Parent, JD Undocumented immigrants treated with isoniazid (INH) for latent tuberculosis infection should be covered for transplant for INH-related liver failure. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(3):311-318. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.3.sect1-1603.