Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Nov 1999 Who Makes Contraceptive Decisions for Adolescents? Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 1999;1(3):18-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.1999.1.3.hlaw1-9911. Case and Commentary Oct 2008 Physician and Parental Decision Making in Newborn Resuscitation, Commentary 1 Eric C. Eichenwald, MD After the infant’s birth, the neonatologist’s first duty is to his or her patient—the newly born infant. If clinical circumstances are different than anticipated, the physician must first consider the best interests of the baby. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):616-620. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.ccas1-0810. Case and Commentary May 2018 How Should Complex Communication Responsibilities Be Distributed in Surgical Education Settings? Bradley M. Dennis, MD and Allan B. Peetz, MD Goals-of-care conversations in the trauma setting are rendered complex by patient, physician, surrogate, and system-specific factors. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):431-438. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.ecas2-1805. Medicine and Society Jan 2009 The “Army of Lost Souls,” Commentary 1 David A. Iverson, MD Why must a vet with serious mental illness seek shelter in a group home or stand on a street corner with a sign that says, “Homeless Vet—Please Help.” Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(1):61-64. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.1.msoc1-0901. 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 Jun 2016 When Is Depression a Terminal Illness? Deliberative Suicide in Chronic Mental Illness Constance E. George, MD, MA In some cases, hope might not have substantial ethical or therapeutic value. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):594-600. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas4-1606. Case and Commentary Jan 2002 Balancing Parental Wishes and Medical Judgment Joal Hill, JD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2002;-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.1.ccas1-0201. 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 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. Art of Medicine Jan 2024 Need More Reasons to Curb Gun Violence? Jamaji C. Nwanaji-Enwerem, MD, PhD, MPP This collection of drawings considers complex ethical, public health, and sociopolitical dimensions of firearm injuries. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(1):E86-91. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.86. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Nov 1999 Who Makes Contraceptive Decisions for Adolescents? Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 1999;1(3):18-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.1999.1.3.hlaw1-9911.
Case and Commentary Oct 2008 Physician and Parental Decision Making in Newborn Resuscitation, Commentary 1 Eric C. Eichenwald, MD After the infant’s birth, the neonatologist’s first duty is to his or her patient—the newly born infant. If clinical circumstances are different than anticipated, the physician must first consider the best interests of the baby. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):616-620. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.ccas1-0810.
Case and Commentary May 2018 How Should Complex Communication Responsibilities Be Distributed in Surgical Education Settings? Bradley M. Dennis, MD and Allan B. Peetz, MD Goals-of-care conversations in the trauma setting are rendered complex by patient, physician, surrogate, and system-specific factors. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(5):431-438. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.5.ecas2-1805.
Medicine and Society Jan 2009 The “Army of Lost Souls,” Commentary 1 David A. Iverson, MD Why must a vet with serious mental illness seek shelter in a group home or stand on a street corner with a sign that says, “Homeless Vet—Please Help.” Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(1):61-64. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.1.msoc1-0901.
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 Jun 2016 When Is Depression a Terminal Illness? Deliberative Suicide in Chronic Mental Illness Constance E. George, MD, MA In some cases, hope might not have substantial ethical or therapeutic value. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):594-600. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas4-1606.
Case and Commentary Jan 2002 Balancing Parental Wishes and Medical Judgment Joal Hill, JD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2002;-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.1.ccas1-0201.
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 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.
Art of Medicine Jan 2024 Need More Reasons to Curb Gun Violence? Jamaji C. Nwanaji-Enwerem, MD, PhD, MPP This collection of drawings considers complex ethical, public health, and sociopolitical dimensions of firearm injuries. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(1):E86-91. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.86.