Importance With the increase in trials assessing comparative effectiveness of approved products and alternative care strategies, guidance is needed to ensure ethical oversight is fit for purpose for the risks, burdens, and constraints on choice this research presents. Observations US regulations governing…
Promoting peace with patients requires clinicians to be skilled in helping patients feel safe, respected, and heard. Close listening is a teachable skill set that enables clinicians to focus sensory attention on a patient and to cultivate space for reflection…
This commentary on a case of a transgender patient interested in using psychedelics to feel more at peace and achieve a sense of psychological safety argues that health care practitioners can help their patients minimize potential harms of psychedelics by…
Urban development often generates noise and light pollution, reduces green space, produces heat islands, and increases population density that can exacerbate crime, disease transmission, anxiety, and stress. This article argues that individuals and communities have rights to not have their…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about therapeutic music and peace in health care. The featured guests are Daniel Levitin, PhD, neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, and author of…
This is part 3 of a three-part program aiming to discuss how our AMA is advancing health equity. There will be presentations and opportunities for discussion on recent progress and areas of focus in the near future. Anchored in the…
This session is part 1 of a three-part program aiming to discuss how our AMA is advancing health equity. There will be presentations and opportunities for discussion on recent progress and areas of focus in the near future. Anchored in…
Importance Communicating clearly about who is included in a population group is a critical element to effective dissemination and knowledge transfer. This narrative review highlights the inconsistency as it relates to communicating about individuals with intellectual disability (ID) and developmental disability…
Research has shown that there is a strong link between ageism, in the form of negative stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination, combined with power imbalances, and risks for one’s physical and mental health. Ageism can be implicit, intersect with structures marginalizing…
Internationally, there is a long history of improving dementia care quality by focusing on patients’ strengths and supporting environments that normalize their daily routines. The European dementia village is a pioneering health care site: 4 acres of integrated housing and…
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