When patients are unable to express their wishes and do not have surrogates or advance directives, which and whose values should inform decision making for them? We discuss ethical complexities of caring for unrepresented patients.
A guardian’s request to sterilize a woman with intellectual disabilities is not ethically justifiable unless the woman assents and it is to her benefit.
AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):365-372. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas2-1604.
Shared decision making is practically difficult to implement in mental health practice but remains an ethical ideal for motivating therapeutic capacity.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E446-451. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.446.
Mark Gilbert, PhD, Leanne Picketts, MEd, Anna MacLeod, PhD, and Wendy A. Stewart, MD, MMEd, PhD
This study offers an arts-based tool set capable of being delivered within the familiar medical education setting and established structure of the OSCE.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E556-562. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.556.
Sophia Miao, MD and Wendy A. Stewart, MD, MMEd, PhD
This pilot study used phenomenology combined with quantitative measures of self-esteem and self-efficacy to explore influences of storytelling through lyrical and musical composition on youth self-concept.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E576-583. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.576.