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The short history and tenuous future of medical professionalism: the erosion of medicine's social contractMatthew K Wynia
The Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association, 515 North State Street, Chicago, IL 60610, USA
Perspect Biol Med 51:565-78. 2008..Equally as important, to reinvigorate our social contract more physicians will need to come to grips with a basic truth: to sustain professionalism we need a strong, unified professional association...
Light from the flames of Hell: remembrance and lessons of the Holocaust for today's medical professionMatthew K Wynia
Institute for Ethics at the American Medical Association, Chicago, IL 60610, USA
Isr Med Assoc J 9:186-8. 2007- Validation of an organizational communication climate assessment toolkitMatthew K Wynia
Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL 60654, USA
Am J Med Qual 25:436-43. 2010..Assessment results may be useful to track organizational performance, to benchmark, and to inform tailored quality improvement interventions... - Many physicians are willing to use patients' electronic personal health records, but doctors differ by location, gender, and practiceMatthew K Wynia
Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association, in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:266-73. 2011.... 
Health literacy and communication quality in health care organizationsMatthew K Wynia
Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois 60654, USA
J Health Commun 15:102-15. 2010..They also highlight that efforts to address the needs of patients with limited health literacy should be sensitive to the range of communication challenges confronting these patients and their caregivers...- Do physicians not offer useful services because of coverage restrictions?Matthew K Wynia
Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association, Chicago, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:190-7. 2003..It can be frustrating for doctors to discuss uncovered services with their patients, but open communication is necessary for shared decision making and to improve coverage decisions... - Mercy coming under strainMatthew K Wynia
American Medical Association, USA
Am J Bioeth 4:74-6. 2004 - Ethics and public health emergencies: rationing vaccinesMatthew K Wynia
American Medical Association, USA
Am J Bioeth 6:4-7. 2006.... - Using a risk assessment approach to determine which factors influence whether partially bilingual physicians rely on their non-English language skills or call an interpreterLauren Maul
Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association, Chicago, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 38:328-36. 2012..In a patient safety approach to exploration of this complex, potentially high-stakes decision, key risk factors that may contribute to miscommunication during health care encounters in non-English languages were identified... - Oversimplifications I: physicians don't do public healthMatthew K Wynia
Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association
Am J Bioeth 5:4-5. 2005 - Mandating vaccination: what counts as a "mandate" in public health and when should they be used?Matthew K Wynia
American Medical Association, USA
Am J Bioeth 7:2-6. 2007..To enforce this mandate, those who refuse vaccination should be required to sign a waiver, and patients - especially those at high risk from flu - should be informed when they receive care from unvaccinated practitioners... - The social-contract model of professionalism: baby or bath water?Jacob E Kurlander
American Medical Association, USA
Am J Bioeth 4:33-6. 2004 - Physicians' preparedness for bioterrorism and other public health prioritiesG Caleb Alexander
MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, and Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:1238-41. 2006..Earlier surveys showed low physician bioterrorism preparedness but did not assess physicians' general public health preparedness, compare the preparedness of emergency and primary care physicians, or assess temporal trends... - Development of a measure of physician engagement in addressing racial and ethnic health care disparitiesG Caleb Alexander
The University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland, MC 2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Health Serv Res 43:773-84. 2008..To develop a measure of physician engagement in addressing health care disparities... - "Doctor, would you prescribe a pill to help me … ?" a national survey of physicians on using medicine for human enhancementTimothy D Hotze
The Institute for Ethics, Chicago, IL 60610, USA
Am J Bioeth 11:3-13. 2011..These apparently contradictory views might reflect inherent tensions between the values of equity and liberty, which could make crafting coherent social policies on medical enhancements challenging... - Barriers to collecting patient race, ethnicity, and primary language data in physician practices: an exploratory studyRomana Hasnain-Wynia
Institute for Healthcare Studies, Center for Healthcare Equity, Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 750 North Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 102:769-75. 2010..Little is known about demographic data collection in small practice settings... - Patient protection and risk selection: do primary care physicians encourage their patients to join or avoid capitated health plans according to the patient's health status?Matthew K Wynia
Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association, Chicago Ill, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:40-7. 2002..Though insurance risk selection has been well documented among organizations paid on a prospective basis, such physician-level risk selection has not been studied... - Medicine. The bioterrorist threat and access to health careMatthew K Wynia
Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL 60610, USA
Science 296:1613. 2002 - Reconceptualizing the informed consent process at eight innovative hospitalsJennifer Matiasek
Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association, Chicago, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 34:127-37. 2008..Amid "promising practices" for patient-centered communication, there is debate over how to handle consent processes for patients with limited literacy, health literacy, or English proficiency... - Segregation, civil rights, and health disparities: the legacy of African American physicians and organized medicine, 1910-1968Harriet A Washington
DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 101:513-27. 2009..This paved the way for a subsequent era of increasing cooperation and understanding... - Risk and trust in public health: a cautionary taleMatthew K Wynia
American Medical Association, USA
Am J Bioeth 6:3-6. 2006 - Markets and public health: pushing and pulling vaccines into productionMatthew K Wynia
American Medical Association, USA
Am J Bioeth 6:3-6. 2006 - Physicians in retainer ("concierge") practice. A national survey of physician, patient, and practice characteristicsG Caleb Alexander
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:1079-83. 2005..Retainer practices represent a new model of care whereby physicians charge an up-front fee for services that may not be covered by health insurance. The characteristics of these practices are largely unknown... - Measuring deception: test-retest reliability of physicians' self-reported manipulation of reimbursement rules for patientsJonathan B VanGeest
American Medical Association, USA
Med Care Res Rev 59:184-96. 2002..Specifically, the three items reported here can be used to produce a reliable summary measure of physicians' manipulation of reimbursement rules to help patients obtain care that physicians perceive as necessary... - Judging public health research: epistemology, public health and the lawMatthew K Wynia
American Medical Association, USA
Am J Bioeth 5:4-7. 2005 - Ethical challenges in preparing for bioterrorism: barriers within the health care systemMatthew K Wynia
Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL 60610, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1096-102. 2004..Treatment might fail if physicians do not accept their professional duty to treat patients during epidemics. Each of these potential ethical barriers to preparedness must be addressed by physicians and society... - Who gets a teach-back? Patient-reported incidence of experiencing a teach-backAndrew J Jager
Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association, 515 N State St, Chicago, IL 60654, USA
J Health Commun 17:294-302. 2012..In addition, the strong correlation between reporting receiving a teach-back and reporting having enough time with a doctor merits further study... - Public health principlism: the precautionary principle and beyondMatthew K Wynia
American Medical Association, USA
Am J Bioeth 5:3-4. 2005 - Laying the groundwork for a defense against participation in torture?Matthew K Wynia
Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association, USA
Hastings Cent Rep 38:11-3. 2008 - What is managed care anyway?Abraham P Schwab
American Medical Association, USA
Am J Bioeth 6:36-7. 2006 - The elephant in the room: collaboration and competition among relief organizations during high-profile disastersItalo Subbarao
Public Health Readiness Office, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA
J Clin Ethics 21:328-34. 2010..This article addresses problems and potential solutions for improved coordination and long-term capacity-building of humanitarian aid... - Improving fairness in coverage decisions: performance expectations for quality improvementMatthew K Wynia
American Medical Association, USA
Am J Bioeth 4:87-100. 2004.... - Ready and willing? Physicians' sense of preparedness for bioterrorismG Caleb Alexander
Division of General Internal Medicine, MacLean Center for Medical Ethics, University of Chicago Hospitals, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:189-97. 2003..Preparing physicians for bioterrorism should entail providing practical knowledge, preventive steps to minimize risk, and reinforcement of the profession's ethical duty to treat... - Oversimplifications II: Public health ethics ignores individual rightsMatthew K Wynia
Am J Bioeth 5:6-8. 2005 - When pestilence prevails...physician responsibilities in epidemicsSamuel J Huber
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Am J Bioeth 4:W5-11. 2004.... - Ethics and public health emergencies: restrictions on libertyMatthew K Wynia
Am J Bioeth 7:1-5. 2007..Moreover, ethical principles of reciprocity, transparency, non-discrimination and accountability should guide any implementation of quarantine... - Breaching confidentiality to protect the public: evolving standards of medical confidentiality for military detaineesMatthew K Wynia
Am J Bioeth 7:1-5. 2007..For the public health system, this experience is a reminder of the importance of confidentiality in creating trustworthy, and effective, means to protect the public's health... - A qualitative study of physicians' engagement in reducing healthcare disparitiesSusanne K Vanderbilt
Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 99:1315-22. 2007.... - What can doctors do about health literacy?Matthew K Wynia
MedGenMed 8:1. 2006 - Ethics and public health emergencies: encouraging responsibilityMatthew K Wynia
Am J Bioeth 7:1-4. 2007..responsibilities during crises? To whom do they apply? Should they be more explicit - and hence more circumscribed - or less explicit and hence largely aspirational? And how can public health policies encourage responsible actions?.. - Public health, public trust and lobbyingMatthew K Wynia
Am J Bioeth 7:4-7. 2007..The public health community has also been affected. What is the lesson to be learned from this story? Public health communication relies on public trust... - Physicians as citizensMatthew K Wynia
JAMA 291:2075-6; author reply 2076-7. 2004 - Falling into line: the impact of utilization review hassles on physicians' adherence to insurance contractsSaul J Weiner
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
J Clin Ethics 15:139-48. 2004 - Improving access to health care: a consensus ethical framework to guide proposals for reformMark A Levine
Hastings Cent Rep 37:14-9. 2007 - Consequentialism and harsh interrogationsMatthew K Wynia
Institute for Ethics of the American Medical Association, USA
Am J Bioeth 5:4-6. 2005..Wynia, M.D., M.P.H., Director of the Institute for Ethics of the American Medical Association as our new Contributing Editor. If you have comments or suggestions regarding this feature, please email us at manuscript@ bioethics.net... - African American physicians and organized medicine, 1846-1968: origins of a racial divideRobert B Baker
The Union Graduate College Mount Sinai School of Medicine Bioethics Program, and Department of Philosophy, Union College, Schenectady, New York, USA
JAMA 300:306-13. 2008..The effects of this history have been far reaching for the medical profession and, in particular, the legacy of segregation, bias, and exclusion continues to adversely affect African American physicians and the patients they serve... - Science, faith and AIDS: the battle over harm reductionMatthew K Wynia
Am J Bioeth 5:3-4. 2005 - Recommendations for teaching about racial and ethnic disparities in health and health careWally R Smith
Division of Quality Health Care, Center on Health Disparities, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298 0306, USA
Ann Intern Med 147:654-65. 2007.... - Ensuring fairness in coverage decisions: applying the American Medical Association Ethical Force Program's consensus report to managed care pharmacyJ Russell Teagarden
Clinical Practices and Therapeutics, Medco Health Solutions, Inc, 100 Parsons Pond Drive, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 63:1749-54. 2006