Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Feb 2020 How Should Physicians in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Regard Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems to Facilitate Smoking Cessation? Thomas E. Novotny, MD, MPH, DSc (Hon) and May C. I. van Schalkwyk, MBBS, MPH Vaping has been thought to be a safe, effective smoking cessation aid, but little evidence supports its value in mitigating tobacco use. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E82-92. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.82. 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. In the Literature Apr 2016 A Defense of “The Case for Conserving Disability” Jasmine Zahid Rosemarie Garland-Thomson’s argument for disability as a sociocultural resource challenges the commonsense understanding of disability as a deficit. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):399-405. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.nlit2-1604. Podcast Nov 2021 Author Interview: “Should Employment Division v Smith Be Overturned?” Dr Jake Greenblum joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Ryan Hubbard: “Should Employment Division v Smith Be Overturned?” Health Law Oct 2009 Law and Medicine: Pediatric Faith Healing Kevin Abbott Thirty states have exceptions to child-neglect laws that provide shelter from misdemeanor violations for parents who treat their children through prayer in accord with the beliefs of a recognized religion. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(10):778-782. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.10.hlaw1-0910. Medicine and Society Jun 2001 Feeding Health Disparities Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD and Sara Taub, MA Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(6):191-193. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.6.puhl1-0106. Health Law Nov 2021 Should Employment Division v Smith Be Overturned? Jake Greenblum, PhD and Ryan Hubbard, PhD Overturning this case’s precedent might result in clinicians claiming more religious exemptions and increased risk of harm to patients. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(11):E864-868. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.864. Viewpoint Feb 2016 Ethical Considerations of Transplantation and Living Donation for Patients with Alcoholic Liver Diseases Ajay Singhvi, MD, Alexandra N. Welch, Josh Levitsky, MD, Deepti Singhvi, MD, and Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, MPH Equal access is a goal even when patients present with taboo illnesses. But, the date of a patient’s last drink still matters. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):163-173. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.sect1-1602. Viewpoint Jan 2021 The Nazi Analogy Muddles Our Thinking About Physician Aid-in-Dying in the US Holland M. Kaplan, MD Carefully distinguishing between when the Nazi analogy is aptly applied and when it is not is key to ongoing PAD legalization deliberations. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E78-81. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.78 Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Feb 2020 How Should Physicians in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Regard Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems to Facilitate Smoking Cessation? Thomas E. Novotny, MD, MPH, DSc (Hon) and May C. I. van Schalkwyk, MBBS, MPH Vaping has been thought to be a safe, effective smoking cessation aid, but little evidence supports its value in mitigating tobacco use. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(2):E82-92. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.82.
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.
In the Literature Apr 2016 A Defense of “The Case for Conserving Disability” Jasmine Zahid Rosemarie Garland-Thomson’s argument for disability as a sociocultural resource challenges the commonsense understanding of disability as a deficit. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):399-405. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.nlit2-1604.
Podcast Nov 2021 Author Interview: “Should Employment Division v Smith Be Overturned?” Dr Jake Greenblum joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Ryan Hubbard: “Should Employment Division v Smith Be Overturned?”
Health Law Oct 2009 Law and Medicine: Pediatric Faith Healing Kevin Abbott Thirty states have exceptions to child-neglect laws that provide shelter from misdemeanor violations for parents who treat their children through prayer in accord with the beliefs of a recognized religion. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(10):778-782. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.10.hlaw1-0910.
Medicine and Society Jun 2001 Feeding Health Disparities Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD and Sara Taub, MA Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(6):191-193. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.6.puhl1-0106.
Health Law Nov 2021 Should Employment Division v Smith Be Overturned? Jake Greenblum, PhD and Ryan Hubbard, PhD Overturning this case’s precedent might result in clinicians claiming more religious exemptions and increased risk of harm to patients. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(11):E864-868. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.864.
Viewpoint Feb 2016 Ethical Considerations of Transplantation and Living Donation for Patients with Alcoholic Liver Diseases Ajay Singhvi, MD, Alexandra N. Welch, Josh Levitsky, MD, Deepti Singhvi, MD, and Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, MPH Equal access is a goal even when patients present with taboo illnesses. But, the date of a patient’s last drink still matters. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):163-173. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.sect1-1602.
Viewpoint Jan 2021 The Nazi Analogy Muddles Our Thinking About Physician Aid-in-Dying in the US Holland M. Kaplan, MD Carefully distinguishing between when the Nazi analogy is aptly applied and when it is not is key to ongoing PAD legalization deliberations. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(1):E78-81. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.78