Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004. Podcast May 2019 Ethics Talk: When and How Should ECMO Be Initiated and Removed? When should ECMO be started and stopped? This month’s Ethics Talk explores ethical challenges of ECMO use in end-of-life care. Viewpoint May 2022 Reimagining Roles of Dietary Supplements in Psychiatric Care Katherine Wu, MD and Erik Messamore, MD, PhD Government-supported review and safety monitoring is needed for dietary supplements’ use in the care of patients with mental illness. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E437-442. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.437. 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. Medicine and Society Oct 2023 What Might Aducanumab Teach Us About Clinicians’ Judgment About Whether to Recommend Emerging Alzheimer’s Interventions? Adam W. Burroughs, MD and Lewis P. Krain, MD Ethics questions about care of patients with AD could influence clinicians’ judgment about whether and when to recommend aducanumab. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E777-782. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.777. 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. History of Medicine May 2024 A Brief History of Antimicrobial Resistance Devin Hunt and Olivia S. Kates, MD, MA Resistance has dogged infectious disease treatment processes since we started using modern antimicrobials. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(5):E408-417. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.408.
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004.
Podcast May 2019 Ethics Talk: When and How Should ECMO Be Initiated and Removed? When should ECMO be started and stopped? This month’s Ethics Talk explores ethical challenges of ECMO use in end-of-life care.
Viewpoint May 2022 Reimagining Roles of Dietary Supplements in Psychiatric Care Katherine Wu, MD and Erik Messamore, MD, PhD Government-supported review and safety monitoring is needed for dietary supplements’ use in the care of patients with mental illness. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E437-442. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.437.
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.
Medicine and Society Oct 2023 What Might Aducanumab Teach Us About Clinicians’ Judgment About Whether to Recommend Emerging Alzheimer’s Interventions? Adam W. Burroughs, MD and Lewis P. Krain, MD Ethics questions about care of patients with AD could influence clinicians’ judgment about whether and when to recommend aducanumab. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E777-782. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.777.
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.
History of Medicine May 2024 A Brief History of Antimicrobial Resistance Devin Hunt and Olivia S. Kates, MD, MA Resistance has dogged infectious disease treatment processes since we started using modern antimicrobials. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(5):E408-417. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.408.