William M. Hart, MD, Patricia Doerr, MD, Yuxiao Qian, MD, and Peggy M. McNaull, MD
When errors happen, too often clinicians are at odds with each other about how to respond to a patient or a patient’s loved ones after that patient suffers harm.
AMA J Ethics. 2020; 22(4):E298-304. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.298.
Feminism plays critical roles in innovating health care policies and practices. Feminist insights into clinicians as gatekeepers to gender-transition interventions can help resist tendencies to pathologize transgender.
AMA J Ethics. 2016; 18(11):1132-1138. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.msoc1-1611.
Although poor communication is the root cause of medical malpractice claims, in cases of medical error, apologies reduce litigation and benefit patients.
AMA J Ethics. 2017; 19(3):289-295. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.hlaw1-1703.