Using data from comparative effectiveness studies to inform cost-effectiveness analyses or other economic evaluations would strengthen ethical policy making.
AMA J Ethics. 2015; 17(7):651-655. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.7.pfor1-1507.
Jennifer T. McIntosh, PhD, RN, CNE, PMH-BC, NEA-BC and Mona Shattell, PhD, RN
This commentary examines prevention policies that overly rely on liberty restrictions imposed by designs of inpatient psychiatric units’ structures and spaces.
AMA J Ethics. 2024; 26(3):E199-204. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2024.199.
The AMA Code and Principles provide guidance on how to educate and counsel patients about meat consumption and about their advocacy roles in reducing meat production.
AMA J Ethics. 2023; 25(4):E269-271. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2023.269.
Dr Jo Ellen Wilson joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Jennifer M. Connell and Maria C. Duggan: “Why We Must Prevent and Appropriately Manage Delirium.”
Dr Jennifer T. McIntosh joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Mona Shattell: “How Should Suicide Prevention and Healing Be Expressed as Goals of Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Design?”
ERISA, a piece of federal legislation passed in 1974 to protect pension funds and other retirement benefits, has been the source of much controversy and litigation concerning the liability of insurers in employer health benefit plans who deny coverage or reimbursements for specific medical treatments.