Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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. Case and Commentary Jul 2017 Ethics and Intimate Sexual Activity in Long-Term Care Eran Metzger, MD Long-term care facilities should assess residents for capacity to consent to sexual activity and be prepared to accommodate sexual intimacy. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):640-648. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas1-1707. Case and Commentary Jul 2017 Should Dementia Be Accepted as a Disability to Help Restore Hope during Cognitive Decline? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Patients with dementia need social supports and opportunities and acceptance of their disability in order to feel hopeful despite their functional decline. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):649-655. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas2-1707.
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.
Case and Commentary Jul 2017 Ethics and Intimate Sexual Activity in Long-Term Care Eran Metzger, MD Long-term care facilities should assess residents for capacity to consent to sexual activity and be prepared to accommodate sexual intimacy. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):640-648. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas1-1707.
Case and Commentary Jul 2017 Should Dementia Be Accepted as a Disability to Help Restore Hope during Cognitive Decline? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Patients with dementia need social supports and opportunities and acceptance of their disability in order to feel hopeful despite their functional decline. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):649-655. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas2-1707.