Public health surveillance for infectious disease provides a model for a mandatory reporting policy for human trafficking, which poses risks for survivors.

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.

This commentary considers how to manage agitation in patients with dementia.

An aging prison population means more people who are incarcerated will experience dementia and related symptoms.

Dr Uma Suryadevara joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Drs Alex Rollo, Jeena Kar, and Mary Camp: “Should Antipsychotics’ Risks Be Accepted by Clinicians on Behalf of Patients to Achieve Benefits of Mitigating Older Adults’ Behavioral Symptoms in Short-Staffed Units?” 

Patients with dementia need social supports and opportunities and acceptance of their disability in order to feel hopeful despite their functional decline.