Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Mar 2024 Should Dignity Preservation Be a Precondition for Safety and a Design Priority for Healing in Inpatient Psychiatry Spaces? Róisín Plunkett, MD and Brendan D. Kelly, MD, PhD Therapeutic security in inpatient psychiatric settings requires careful planning and implementation if it is to support both patients’ safety and dignity. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E205-211. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.205. Case and Commentary Mar 2024 When Should Inpatient Psychiatric Care Include Access to the Outdoors, Despite Elopement or Other Risks? Allie Slemon, PhD, RN and Shivinder Dhari, MSN, RN Iatrogenic harms of so-called “zero-risk” approaches must be balanced against promoting patients’ goals of care. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E212-218. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.212. Case and Commentary Mar 2024 Should Patients’ Boredom in Locked Inpatient Psychiatric Units Be Considered Iatrogenic Harm? Carrie Tamarelli, MD, Angela Cao, and Rebecca Grossman-Kahn, MD, MBA Patients’ vulnerabilities and conditions can be exacerbated when they feel bored. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E219-224. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.219. Medicine and Society Mar 2024 How Inpatient Psychiatric Units Can Be Both Safe and Therapeutic Matthew L. Edwards, MD and Nathaniel P. Morris, MD Inpatient psychiatric units should be therapeutic environments that support dignity and recovery. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E248-256. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.248. History of Medicine Mar 2024 What Does the History of Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Design Tell Us About Balancing Safety and Healing for Patients With Suicidal Behaviors? Alice J. Liu, David S. Im, MD, and Laura D. Hirshbein, MD, PhD Examining modern design trends in historical context is more clinically and ethically important than ever. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E257-263. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.257. Podcast Mar 2024 Ethics Talk: Participatory Design in the Spaces and Structures of Mental Health Caregiving Architect Stefan Lundin joins Ethics Talk to discuss how the design of mental health facilities contributes to safety and to patient healing. Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708. Case and Commentary Aug 2017 How Should Physicians Help Gender-Transitioning Adolescents Consider Potential Iatrogenic Harms of Hormone Therapy? Thomas D. Steensma, PhD, S. Annelijn Wensing-Kruger, MSc, and Daniel T. Klink, MD, PhD Adolescents with gender dysphoria should be active participants in decisions about their gender-related health care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):762-770. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas3-1708. Case and Commentary Apr 2024 How Should Regulators and Manufacturers Prevent Avoidable Deaths of Children From Contaminated Cough Syrup? Kavitha Nallathambi, MPH, MBA and Amy B. Cadwallader, PhD Quality control testing is ethically and clinically key to increasing transparency in excipient supply chains. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(4):E289-294. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.289. Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Long-Term Consequences of NICU Care Be Discussed in Terms of Prognostic Uncertainty or Possible Harm? Genevieve Allen and Naomi Laventhal, MD, MA Complications of caring for extreme prematurity should be discussed and decisons shared. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):743-752. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas1-1708. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Current page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Mar 2024 Should Dignity Preservation Be a Precondition for Safety and a Design Priority for Healing in Inpatient Psychiatry Spaces? Róisín Plunkett, MD and Brendan D. Kelly, MD, PhD Therapeutic security in inpatient psychiatric settings requires careful planning and implementation if it is to support both patients’ safety and dignity. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E205-211. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.205.
Case and Commentary Mar 2024 When Should Inpatient Psychiatric Care Include Access to the Outdoors, Despite Elopement or Other Risks? Allie Slemon, PhD, RN and Shivinder Dhari, MSN, RN Iatrogenic harms of so-called “zero-risk” approaches must be balanced against promoting patients’ goals of care. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E212-218. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.212.
Case and Commentary Mar 2024 Should Patients’ Boredom in Locked Inpatient Psychiatric Units Be Considered Iatrogenic Harm? Carrie Tamarelli, MD, Angela Cao, and Rebecca Grossman-Kahn, MD, MBA Patients’ vulnerabilities and conditions can be exacerbated when they feel bored. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E219-224. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.219.
Medicine and Society Mar 2024 How Inpatient Psychiatric Units Can Be Both Safe and Therapeutic Matthew L. Edwards, MD and Nathaniel P. Morris, MD Inpatient psychiatric units should be therapeutic environments that support dignity and recovery. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E248-256. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.248.
History of Medicine Mar 2024 What Does the History of Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Design Tell Us About Balancing Safety and Healing for Patients With Suicidal Behaviors? Alice J. Liu, David S. Im, MD, and Laura D. Hirshbein, MD, PhD Examining modern design trends in historical context is more clinically and ethically important than ever. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(3):E257-263. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.257.
Podcast Mar 2024 Ethics Talk: Participatory Design in the Spaces and Structures of Mental Health Caregiving Architect Stefan Lundin joins Ethics Talk to discuss how the design of mental health facilities contributes to safety and to patient healing.
Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708.
Case and Commentary Aug 2017 How Should Physicians Help Gender-Transitioning Adolescents Consider Potential Iatrogenic Harms of Hormone Therapy? Thomas D. Steensma, PhD, S. Annelijn Wensing-Kruger, MSc, and Daniel T. Klink, MD, PhD Adolescents with gender dysphoria should be active participants in decisions about their gender-related health care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):762-770. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas3-1708.
Case and Commentary Apr 2024 How Should Regulators and Manufacturers Prevent Avoidable Deaths of Children From Contaminated Cough Syrup? Kavitha Nallathambi, MPH, MBA and Amy B. Cadwallader, PhD Quality control testing is ethically and clinically key to increasing transparency in excipient supply chains. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(4):E289-294. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.289.
Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Long-Term Consequences of NICU Care Be Discussed in Terms of Prognostic Uncertainty or Possible Harm? Genevieve Allen and Naomi Laventhal, MD, MA Complications of caring for extreme prematurity should be discussed and decisons shared. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):743-752. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas1-1708.