AMA Journal of Ethics

This digital self-portrait considers what pending loss of patients to a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) feels like.

Covert medication administration might be as forceful as physical or chemical restraint for patients lacking insight.

Force is codified in law, so force utilization inequity demands that we consider connections between systemic oppression and individuals’ responses in clinical settings.

Establishing criteria for compassion maximization would help us do better than harm minimization.

Trainees are expected to encounter clinical training environments and situations that utilize force methods.

This group of paintings portrays beauty and strength among frontline clinicians in a hectic emergency room during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Restraint can facilitate freedom for patients with traumatic brain injuries under some conditions.

For an adolescent patient with extreme anorexia nervosa, steps for expressing compassion during a force intervention need to be clear.

Parens patriae, the state as parent, can be enacted during forced clinical interventions.

This article considers force use in clinical settings after a triggering event—a behavioral or medical crisis—and considers how it should be implemented.