Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Jun 2016 Prescribing “Off-Label”: What Should a Physician Disclose? Katrina Furey, MD and Kirsten Wilkins, MD Off-label prescribing of drugs is appropriate when their use is in the patient’s best interest on the basis of credible, published scientific data. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):587-593. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas3-1606. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 How Should Long-Term Psychotherapy Address Ethical Questions During the Palliative Care of a Patient With Serious and Persistent Mental Illness? Constance E. George, MD, MA This commentary on a case considers the course of a palliative approach to care of a patient with a serious and persistent mental illness. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E661-667. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.661. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 What Makes Palliative Mental Health Care Ethical Health Care? Virginia A. Brown, PhD, MA and Ashley Trust, MD Treatment-resistant schizophrenia can create a high disease burden for some patients, making it hard to get good outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E674-677. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.674. Case and Commentary Apr 2023 How Should Clinicians Respond to Patients Experiencing Ongoing Present Traumatic Stress of Industrial Meat Production? Rachel MacNair, PhD Perpetration-induced traumatic stress should be understood as present, not just posttraumatic, stress disorder because retraumatization is part of slaughterhouse workers’ jobs. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E251-255. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.251.
Case and Commentary Jun 2016 Prescribing “Off-Label”: What Should a Physician Disclose? Katrina Furey, MD and Kirsten Wilkins, MD Off-label prescribing of drugs is appropriate when their use is in the patient’s best interest on the basis of credible, published scientific data. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):587-593. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas3-1606.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 How Should Long-Term Psychotherapy Address Ethical Questions During the Palliative Care of a Patient With Serious and Persistent Mental Illness? Constance E. George, MD, MA This commentary on a case considers the course of a palliative approach to care of a patient with a serious and persistent mental illness. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E661-667. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.661.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 What Makes Palliative Mental Health Care Ethical Health Care? Virginia A. Brown, PhD, MA and Ashley Trust, MD Treatment-resistant schizophrenia can create a high disease burden for some patients, making it hard to get good outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E674-677. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.674.
Case and Commentary Apr 2023 How Should Clinicians Respond to Patients Experiencing Ongoing Present Traumatic Stress of Industrial Meat Production? Rachel MacNair, PhD Perpetration-induced traumatic stress should be understood as present, not just posttraumatic, stress disorder because retraumatization is part of slaughterhouse workers’ jobs. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E251-255. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.251.