Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010. Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should Decision Science Inform Scarce Blood Product Allocation? Eric Kersjes, MD and Lauren B. Smith, MD Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.852. Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Dialysis Be Stopped for an Unrepresented Patient With Metastatic Cancer? Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, Sarah Garijo-Garde, and Lauren S. Flicker, JD, MBE Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E575-581. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.575. Case and Commentary Dec 2016 Neuroethics and Disorders of Consciousness: Discerning Brain States in Clinical Practice and Research Joseph J. Fins, MD Which distinctions between minimally conscious states and vegetative states should clinicians consider? AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1182-1191. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.ecas2-1612. Case and Commentary Aug 2004 Helping Surrogate Decision Makers in the Face of Uncertainty Robert W. Taylor, MD Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):342-344. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.ccas2-0408.
Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010.
Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should Decision Science Inform Scarce Blood Product Allocation? Eric Kersjes, MD and Lauren B. Smith, MD Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.852.
Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Dialysis Be Stopped for an Unrepresented Patient With Metastatic Cancer? Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, Sarah Garijo-Garde, and Lauren S. Flicker, JD, MBE Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E575-581. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.575.
Case and Commentary Dec 2016 Neuroethics and Disorders of Consciousness: Discerning Brain States in Clinical Practice and Research Joseph J. Fins, MD Which distinctions between minimally conscious states and vegetative states should clinicians consider? AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1182-1191. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.ecas2-1612.
Case and Commentary Aug 2004 Helping Surrogate Decision Makers in the Face of Uncertainty Robert W. Taylor, MD Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):342-344. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.ccas2-0408.