A Matter of Words

AMA J Ethics. 2019 Oct 1;21(10):E904-905. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.904.

Abstract

Word Choices is a mixed-media digital illustration that explores the importance of clinicians' word choices during their encounters with patients. Clinicians often face ethical questions about sharing information with vulnerable patients, dimensions of which are represented by the illustration's content and colors.

MeSH terms

  • Graphic Novels as Topic
  • Humans
  • Physician-Patient Relations* / ethics
  • Speech*
  • Vulnerable Populations / psychology