AMA Journal of Ethics^®

Ethics questions about care of patients with AD could influence clinicians’ judgment about whether and when to recommend aducanumab.

Ageism is so structurally integrated and normalized in US health care that it is generally unnoticed by many clinicians. 

An aging prison population means more people who are incarcerated will experience dementia and related symptoms.

Geriatric psychiatry offers stable career prospects and opportunities to express humanitarian impulses by working closely with elders.

This commentary considers how to manage agitation in patients with dementia.

Palliative psychiatry can facilitate compassionate resolution of ethical conflicts in end-of-life care decision making with persons with substance use disorders.  

Uncertainty about which psychiatric interventions are palliative stems from psychiatry’s prioritization of symptom management regardless of diagnosis. 

This article examines conceptual limitations of extant accounts of palliative psychiatry, with a focus on obligations to distinguish among and clearly formulate goals of care. 

Treatment-resistant schizophrenia can create a high disease burden for some patients, making it hard to get good outcomes.

This article suggests strategies for how to disclose the nature and scope of resident surgeon involvement in managing intraoperative care.