Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986. Case and Commentary Oct 2021 Who Should Decide When Palliative Surgery Is Justifiable? Joshua T. Cohen, MD and Thomas J. Miner, MD No single person should make decisions about for whom or according to which criteria palliative surgery is clinically and ethically appropriate. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E761-765. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.761. Case and Commentary Oct 2021 How to Support Patients Near the End of Life Whose Pain Is Best Treated With Surgery? Elle L. Kalbfell, MD and Margaret L. Schwarze, MD, MPP When surgical intervention is most appropriate, success should be defined by how well a surgical intervention aligns with a patient’s goals. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E772-777. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.772. Case and Commentary Oct 2021 When Should Neuroendovascular Care for Patients With Acute Stroke Be Palliative? Michael J. Young, MD, MPhil, Robert W. Regenhardt, MD, PhD, Leonard L. Sokol, MD, and Thabele M. Leslie-Mazwi, MD For some patients whose survival is extended by disease-modifying interventions, little guidance about clinical and ethical complexities exist. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E783-793. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.783. Personal Narrative Mar 2007 Taking "CA" Public Leroy Sievers Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):234-236. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.3.mhum1-0703. Case and Commentary Mar 2007 Diagnostic Testing for Diseases in the News Vidya Sharma, MBBS, MPH and M. Denise Dowd, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):166-169. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.3.ccas1-0703. Case and Commentary Mar 2007 Hospital Reputation and Individual Patient Decisions Maurice Bernstein, MD Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):170-173. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.3.ccas2-0703. Case and Commentary Mar 2007 An ER Decision To Withhold CPR Catherine A. Marco, MD and Raquel M. Schears, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):174-181. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.3.ccas3-0703. 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 Dec 2005 Media Attention to End-of-Life Cases, Commentary 1 Ware G. Kuschner, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(12):775-779. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.12.ccas1-0512. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986.
Case and Commentary Oct 2021 Who Should Decide When Palliative Surgery Is Justifiable? Joshua T. Cohen, MD and Thomas J. Miner, MD No single person should make decisions about for whom or according to which criteria palliative surgery is clinically and ethically appropriate. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E761-765. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.761.
Case and Commentary Oct 2021 How to Support Patients Near the End of Life Whose Pain Is Best Treated With Surgery? Elle L. Kalbfell, MD and Margaret L. Schwarze, MD, MPP When surgical intervention is most appropriate, success should be defined by how well a surgical intervention aligns with a patient’s goals. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E772-777. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.772.
Case and Commentary Oct 2021 When Should Neuroendovascular Care for Patients With Acute Stroke Be Palliative? Michael J. Young, MD, MPhil, Robert W. Regenhardt, MD, PhD, Leonard L. Sokol, MD, and Thabele M. Leslie-Mazwi, MD For some patients whose survival is extended by disease-modifying interventions, little guidance about clinical and ethical complexities exist. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(10):E783-793. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.783.
Personal Narrative Mar 2007 Taking "CA" Public Leroy Sievers Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):234-236. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.3.mhum1-0703.
Case and Commentary Mar 2007 Diagnostic Testing for Diseases in the News Vidya Sharma, MBBS, MPH and M. Denise Dowd, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):166-169. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.3.ccas1-0703.
Case and Commentary Mar 2007 Hospital Reputation and Individual Patient Decisions Maurice Bernstein, MD Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):170-173. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.3.ccas2-0703.
Case and Commentary Mar 2007 An ER Decision To Withhold CPR Catherine A. Marco, MD and Raquel M. Schears, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):174-181. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.3.ccas3-0703.
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 Dec 2005 Media Attention to End-of-Life Cases, Commentary 1 Ware G. Kuschner, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(12):775-779. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.12.ccas1-0512.