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Case and Commentary
Apr 2025

¿Cómo deberían proteger los miembros del equipo de cirugía a los pacientes que están privados de libertad de la vigilancia o intrusión de los oficiales del centro penitenciario?

Anna Lin, MD and Mallory Williams, MD, MPH
Case and Commentary
Feb 2025

¿Cómo se debe describir y tratar el dolor causado por la colocación del DIU?

Veronica Hutchison, MD and Eve Espey, MD, MPH

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    Art of Medicine
    Nov 2023

    Rest Is the First Casualty of Constant Messaging

    Kathleen Wong

    Sources of patient demand are also sources of light pollution that compromise rest.

    AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(11):E841-842. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.841.
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    Case and Commentary
    Nov 2023

    What Are “Social Prescriptions” and How Should They Be Integrated Into Care Plans?

    Katrina Hough, Ashwin A. Kotwal, MD, MS, Cynthia Boyd, MD, MPH, Soe Han Tha, and Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS

    Health consequences of social isolation and loneliness include worse morbidity and mortality, and “social prescribing” is one way to intervene.

    AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(11):E795-801. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.795.
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    History of Medicine
    Nov 2023

    The Internet and Loneliness

    Andrew P. Smith, PhD and Hasah Alheneidi, PhD

    Research is needed to determine the direction of causality between loneliness and internet use.

    AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(11):E833-838. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.833.
  • vwpt1-2311
    Viewpoint
    Nov 2023

    On Health and Loneliness

    Amy E. Wendling, PhD

    Loneliness is linked to health problems and is comorbid with authoritarian politics.

    AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(11):E850-854. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.850.
  • stas1-2311
    State of the Art and Science
    Nov 2023

    Should Artificial Intelligence Play a Role in Cultivating Social Connections Among Older Adults?

    Elena Portacolone, PhD, MBA, MPH and Daisy Elise Feddoes

    AI technology can be implemented to avoid the drawback of diminishing social connections. 

    AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(11):E818-824. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.818.
  • artm3-2311
    Art of Medicine
    Nov 2023

    Isolation

    Zachary G. Jacobs, MD

    What did a hospitalist physician learn from a patient about how to slow down?

    AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(11):E843-845. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.843.
  • cscm2-2311
    Case and Commentary
    Nov 2023

    How Should Organizations and Clinicians Help Marginalized Patients Manage Loneliness as a Harm of Climate Change?

    Lisa Fuller, PhD

    Individualistic approaches to the collective problem of climate change are ethically inadequate. 

    AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(11):E802-808. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.802.
  • artm1-2311
    Art of Medicine
    Nov 2023

    Loneliness and Cultural Hyphenation

    Julia Bhuiyan

    Forever a Work in Progress visually explores complexities of isolation as one consequence of navigating a culturally hyphenated identity. 

    AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(11):E839-840. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.839.
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    Medicine and Society
    Oct 2023

    Prioritizing Diversion and Decarceration of People With Dementia

    Lay Kodama, MD, PhD, Brie Williams, MD, MS, and Nathaniel P. Morris, MD

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

    AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E783-790. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.783.
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    Case and Commentary
    Oct 2023

    Should Antipsychotics’ Risks Be Accepted by Clinicians on Behalf of Patients to Achieve Benefits of Mitigating Older Adults’ Behavioral Symptoms in Short-Staffed Units?

    Alex Rollo, MD, Jeena Kar, DO, Uma Suryadevara, MD, and Mary Camp, MD

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

    AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E725-732. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.725.

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