Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medicine and Society Oct 2021 Where’s the Value in Preoperative Covenants Between Surgeons and Patients? Robert Ledbetter and Buddy Marterre, MD, MDiv Clinician-family communication in surgical intensive care units should focus on reducing value incongruence and nonbeneficial operations. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E814-822. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.814. Medicine and Society Oct 2021 “Aren’t Surgery and Palliative Care Kind of Opposites?” Myrick C. Shinall Jr, MD, PhD Seeming incongruity between surgery and palliation reiterates patients’ needs for clinicians to be able to identify when and how they should coexist. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E823-825. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.823. Policy Forum Feb 2016 Regulations’ Impact on Donor and Recipient Selection for Liver Transplantation: How Should Outcomes be Measured and MELD Exception Scores be Considered? Joel T. Adler, MD, MPH and David A. Axelrod, MD, MBA Standards for posttransplant graft/survival rates do not reward transplant centers for performing riskier transplants to increase population benefit. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):133-142. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.pfor1-1602. Viewpoint Feb 2016 Can Social Media Help Increase the Organ Supply While Avoiding Exploitation and Trafficking? Gowri Kabbur Social media platforms and organizational websites that facilitate organ procurement should respect potential donors’ autonomy and confidentiality. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):115-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.conl1-1602. AMA Code Says Feb 2016 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Relevant to Organ Transplantation and Procurement Bette-Jane Crigger, PhD The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to organ donors’ informed, voluntary decisions and equitable distribution of organs and tissues. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):122-125. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.2.coet1-1602. In the Literature Feb 2016 Ethical Dilemmas in Liver Transplant Organ Allocation: Is it Time for a New Mathematical Model? Aaron Ahearn, MD, PhD Organ allocation models that maximize the collective benefit of an organ rely on subjective criteria and might have unintended practical consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):126-132. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.nlit1-1602. State of the Art and Science May 2016 International Access to Clinical Ethics Consultation via Telemedicine Katrina A. Bramstedt, PhD, MA Telemedicine is fast becoming a reliable medium for convening ethics deliberations and bringing expert assistance to remote locations. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):521-527. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.stas2-1605. Health Law Jul 2019 Regional Unrepresented Patient Advocacy Committee as an Alternative for Decision Making Lisa K. Anderson-Shaw, DrPH, MA, MSN, ANP-BC A UPAC is an alternative to engaging a guardianship court appointment process or to using physicians or ethics committees as decision makers. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E594-599. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.594. Medicine and Society Jul 2019 Who Are “Unrepresented” Patients and What Count as “Important” Medical Decisions for Them? David Ozar, PhD A look at current literature and work by a statewide initiative can motivate development of policies that help respond to unrepresented patients’ needs. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E611-616. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.611. Medicine and Society Jul 2019 Who Should Make Decisions for Unrepresented Patients Who Are Incarcerated? Matthew Tobey, MD, MPH and Lisa Simon, DMD Decisions for patients who are unrepresented and incarcerated could be made by different classes of possible decision makers “inside” and “outside.” AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E617-624. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.617. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Medicine and Society Oct 2021 Where’s the Value in Preoperative Covenants Between Surgeons and Patients? Robert Ledbetter and Buddy Marterre, MD, MDiv Clinician-family communication in surgical intensive care units should focus on reducing value incongruence and nonbeneficial operations. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E814-822. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.814.
Medicine and Society Oct 2021 “Aren’t Surgery and Palliative Care Kind of Opposites?” Myrick C. Shinall Jr, MD, PhD Seeming incongruity between surgery and palliation reiterates patients’ needs for clinicians to be able to identify when and how they should coexist. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E823-825. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.823.
Policy Forum Feb 2016 Regulations’ Impact on Donor and Recipient Selection for Liver Transplantation: How Should Outcomes be Measured and MELD Exception Scores be Considered? Joel T. Adler, MD, MPH and David A. Axelrod, MD, MBA Standards for posttransplant graft/survival rates do not reward transplant centers for performing riskier transplants to increase population benefit. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):133-142. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.pfor1-1602.
Viewpoint Feb 2016 Can Social Media Help Increase the Organ Supply While Avoiding Exploitation and Trafficking? Gowri Kabbur Social media platforms and organizational websites that facilitate organ procurement should respect potential donors’ autonomy and confidentiality. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):115-121. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.conl1-1602.
AMA Code Says Feb 2016 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Relevant to Organ Transplantation and Procurement Bette-Jane Crigger, PhD The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinions related to organ donors’ informed, voluntary decisions and equitable distribution of organs and tissues. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):122-125. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.2.coet1-1602.
In the Literature Feb 2016 Ethical Dilemmas in Liver Transplant Organ Allocation: Is it Time for a New Mathematical Model? Aaron Ahearn, MD, PhD Organ allocation models that maximize the collective benefit of an organ rely on subjective criteria and might have unintended practical consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):126-132. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.nlit1-1602.
State of the Art and Science May 2016 International Access to Clinical Ethics Consultation via Telemedicine Katrina A. Bramstedt, PhD, MA Telemedicine is fast becoming a reliable medium for convening ethics deliberations and bringing expert assistance to remote locations. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):521-527. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.stas2-1605.
Health Law Jul 2019 Regional Unrepresented Patient Advocacy Committee as an Alternative for Decision Making Lisa K. Anderson-Shaw, DrPH, MA, MSN, ANP-BC A UPAC is an alternative to engaging a guardianship court appointment process or to using physicians or ethics committees as decision makers. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E594-599. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.594.
Medicine and Society Jul 2019 Who Are “Unrepresented” Patients and What Count as “Important” Medical Decisions for Them? David Ozar, PhD A look at current literature and work by a statewide initiative can motivate development of policies that help respond to unrepresented patients’ needs. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E611-616. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.611.
Medicine and Society Jul 2019 Who Should Make Decisions for Unrepresented Patients Who Are Incarcerated? Matthew Tobey, MD, MPH and Lisa Simon, DMD Decisions for patients who are unrepresented and incarcerated could be made by different classes of possible decision makers “inside” and “outside.” AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E617-624. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.617.