Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Jan 2022 Should Dentists Treat Despite Medical Contraindications? Bernard Friedland, BChD, MSc, JD Some patients who need general medical care before a dental intervention can suffer increased risk for poor outcomes if they have compromised access to care. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E6-12. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.6. Case and Commentary May 2005 Patau Syndrome and Perinatal Decision Making, Commentary 1 Patrick D. Guinan, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(5):336-341. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.5.ccas1-0505. Case and Commentary May 2005 Patau Syndrome and Perinatal Decision Making, Commentary 2 Malika Haque, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(5):336-341. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.5.ccas1-0505. Case and Commentary Oct 2009 The Patient Who Says He Is Ready to Die Margaret Tarpley, MLS and John Tarpley, MD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(10):761-765. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.10.ccas3-0910. Case and Commentary Oct 2008 Physician and Parental Decision Making in Newborn Resuscitation, Commentary 2 Frank A. Chervenak, MD and Laurence B. McCullough, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):620-624. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.ccas1-0810. Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986. Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010. Policy Forum Dec 2020 What Should We Do About the Mismatch Between Legal Criteria for Death and How Brain Death Is Diagnosed? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Criteria in statutes and tests used to diagnose brain death don’t always jibe, and this can undermine public trust in death pronouncements. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1038-1046. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1038.
Case and Commentary Jan 2022 Should Dentists Treat Despite Medical Contraindications? Bernard Friedland, BChD, MSc, JD Some patients who need general medical care before a dental intervention can suffer increased risk for poor outcomes if they have compromised access to care. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E6-12. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.6.
Case and Commentary May 2005 Patau Syndrome and Perinatal Decision Making, Commentary 1 Patrick D. Guinan, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(5):336-341. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.5.ccas1-0505.
Case and Commentary May 2005 Patau Syndrome and Perinatal Decision Making, Commentary 2 Malika Haque, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(5):336-341. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.5.ccas1-0505.
Case and Commentary Oct 2009 The Patient Who Says He Is Ready to Die Margaret Tarpley, MLS and John Tarpley, MD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(10):761-765. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.10.ccas3-0910.
Case and Commentary Oct 2008 Physician and Parental Decision Making in Newborn Resuscitation, Commentary 2 Frank A. Chervenak, MD and Laurence B. McCullough, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):620-624. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.ccas1-0810.
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986.
Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010.
Policy Forum Dec 2020 What Should We Do About the Mismatch Between Legal Criteria for Death and How Brain Death Is Diagnosed? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Criteria in statutes and tests used to diagnose brain death don’t always jibe, and this can undermine public trust in death pronouncements. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1038-1046. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1038.