Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Jun 2016 Medication Refusal in Schizophrenia: Preventive and Reactive Ethical Considerations James Sabin, MD Overriding a proxy decision maker’s refusal of medication for a psychotic patient is justified when the patient poses a danger to himself or others. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):572-578. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas1-1606. Case and Commentary May 2003 Gynecological Care for Adolescents Melanie A. Gold, DO Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(5):155-158. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.5.ccas1-0305. Letter to the Editor Oct 2017 Elder Self-Neglect: Another Ethical Dilemma for Physicians Nancy Lutwak, MD Cases of elder self-neglect require physicians to balance the patient’s wish for independence and the risks of poor self-care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1043-1046. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.corr1-1710. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 Does It Matter Whether a Psychiatric Intervention Is “Palliative”? Brent M. Kious, MD, PhD and Ryan H. Nelson, PhD Uncertainty about which psychiatric interventions are palliative stems from psychiatry’s prioritization of symptom management regardless of diagnosis. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E655-660. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.655. 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. Medical Education Sep 2023 Moral Intuitions About Futility as Prompts for Evaluating Goals in Mental Health Care Anna L. Westermair, MD and Manuel Trachsel, MD, PhD Futility can function as a moral counterweight to a duty to treat, helping clinicians find balance between over- and undertreatment. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E690-702. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.690. Medicine and Society Oct 2023 What Might Aducanumab Teach Us About Clinicians’ Judgment About Whether to Recommend Emerging Alzheimer’s Interventions? Adam W. Burroughs, MD and Lewis P. Krain, MD Ethics questions about care of patients with AD could influence clinicians’ judgment about whether and when to recommend aducanumab. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E777-782. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.777. Personal Narrative Sep 2001 Through the Patient's Eyes: Conversation with a Famous Patient Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(9):306-308. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.9.prsp3-0109. Case and Commentary Aug 2001 My Doctor the Researcher Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(8):259-260. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.8.hlaw1-0108. Personal Narrative Jul 2001 The Modern Plague Robert Davidson, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(7):234-237. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.7.oafr1-0107. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Current page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Jun 2016 Medication Refusal in Schizophrenia: Preventive and Reactive Ethical Considerations James Sabin, MD Overriding a proxy decision maker’s refusal of medication for a psychotic patient is justified when the patient poses a danger to himself or others. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):572-578. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas1-1606.
Case and Commentary May 2003 Gynecological Care for Adolescents Melanie A. Gold, DO Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(5):155-158. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.5.ccas1-0305.
Letter to the Editor Oct 2017 Elder Self-Neglect: Another Ethical Dilemma for Physicians Nancy Lutwak, MD Cases of elder self-neglect require physicians to balance the patient’s wish for independence and the risks of poor self-care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1043-1046. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.corr1-1710.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 Does It Matter Whether a Psychiatric Intervention Is “Palliative”? Brent M. Kious, MD, PhD and Ryan H. Nelson, PhD Uncertainty about which psychiatric interventions are palliative stems from psychiatry’s prioritization of symptom management regardless of diagnosis. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E655-660. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.655.
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.
Medical Education Sep 2023 Moral Intuitions About Futility as Prompts for Evaluating Goals in Mental Health Care Anna L. Westermair, MD and Manuel Trachsel, MD, PhD Futility can function as a moral counterweight to a duty to treat, helping clinicians find balance between over- and undertreatment. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E690-702. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.690.
Medicine and Society Oct 2023 What Might Aducanumab Teach Us About Clinicians’ Judgment About Whether to Recommend Emerging Alzheimer’s Interventions? Adam W. Burroughs, MD and Lewis P. Krain, MD Ethics questions about care of patients with AD could influence clinicians’ judgment about whether and when to recommend aducanumab. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E777-782. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.777.
Personal Narrative Sep 2001 Through the Patient's Eyes: Conversation with a Famous Patient Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(9):306-308. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.9.prsp3-0109.
Case and Commentary Aug 2001 My Doctor the Researcher Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(8):259-260. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.8.hlaw1-0108.
Personal Narrative Jul 2001 The Modern Plague Robert Davidson, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(7):234-237. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.7.oafr1-0107.