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. 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. Case and Commentary Oct 2017 Should Physicians Consider the Environmental Effects of Prescribing Antibiotics? Jeremy Balch, Julia H. Schoen, MS, and Payal K. Patel, MD, MPH When prescribing antibiotics, physicians should weigh individual benefit against both environmental and community harms. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):957-965. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.peer1-1710.
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 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.
Case and Commentary Oct 2017 Should Physicians Consider the Environmental Effects of Prescribing Antibiotics? Jeremy Balch, Julia H. Schoen, MS, and Payal K. Patel, MD, MPH When prescribing antibiotics, physicians should weigh individual benefit against both environmental and community harms. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):957-965. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.peer1-1710.