Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary May 2019 Should Physicians Offer a Ventricular Assist Device to a Pediatric Oncology Patient With a Poor Prognosis? Angira Patel, MD, MPH, Anna Joong, MD, Efrat Lelkes, MD, and Jeffrey G. Gossett, MD When evaluating a 10-year-old with leukemia and chemo-induced heart failure for VAD placement, a team considers what to do. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E380-386. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.380. Case and Commentary May 2019 Should Long-Term Life-Sustaining Care Be Started in Emergency Settings? Ellen C. Meltzer, MD, MSc, Natalia S. Ivascu, MD, Mark K. Edwin, MD, and Timothy J. Ingall, MBBS, MD, PhD Extracorporeal Life Support Organization guidelines emphasize proportionality and benefit/risk analyses in decision making. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E401-406. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.401. Case and Commentary May 2019 How Should Physicians Respond to Requests for LVAD Removal? Larry A. Allen, MD, MHS Patients have a right to decline or withdraw LVADs. Informed consent and shared decision making is not easy, however, with treatments that are high risk, high reward. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E394-400. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.394. Letter to the Editor Oct 2019 Response to “Will We Code for Default ECMO?”: Clarifying the Scope of Do-Not-ECMO Orders Jacob A. Blythe, MA, Sarah E. Wieten, PhD, and Jason N. Batten, MD, MA The authors further consider the merits of preventing ECMO from becoming a default treatment. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E926-929. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.926. Case and Commentary Feb 2007 Ethics of Cutting-Edge Device Research Harvey L. Gordon, MD Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(2):86-90. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.2.ccas1-0702. Case and Commentary Feb 2007 Turning Off an Implanted Life-Saving Device, Commentary 1 Lofty L. Basta, MD Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(2):91-96. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.2.ccas2-0702. Case and Commentary Feb 2007 Turning Off an Implanted Life-Saving Device, Commentary 2 Katrina A. Bramstedt, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(2):96-98. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.2.ccas2-0702. Case and Commentary Jan 2005 Mrs. Douglas's Choice of Treatment for Her Husband, Option Comparison Jennifer Reenan, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(1):-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.1.ccas7c-0501. Case and Commentary Aug 2009 Patient Autonomy and Physician Responsibility, Commentary 1 Patrick C. Beeman Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(8):598-601. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2009.11.8.onca1-0908.. Case and Commentary Aug 2009 Patient Autonomy and Physician Responsibility, Commentary 2 Ryan C. VanWoerkom Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(8):601-602. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2009.11.8.onca1-0908. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary May 2019 Should Physicians Offer a Ventricular Assist Device to a Pediatric Oncology Patient With a Poor Prognosis? Angira Patel, MD, MPH, Anna Joong, MD, Efrat Lelkes, MD, and Jeffrey G. Gossett, MD When evaluating a 10-year-old with leukemia and chemo-induced heart failure for VAD placement, a team considers what to do. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E380-386. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.380.
Case and Commentary May 2019 Should Long-Term Life-Sustaining Care Be Started in Emergency Settings? Ellen C. Meltzer, MD, MSc, Natalia S. Ivascu, MD, Mark K. Edwin, MD, and Timothy J. Ingall, MBBS, MD, PhD Extracorporeal Life Support Organization guidelines emphasize proportionality and benefit/risk analyses in decision making. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E401-406. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.401.
Case and Commentary May 2019 How Should Physicians Respond to Requests for LVAD Removal? Larry A. Allen, MD, MHS Patients have a right to decline or withdraw LVADs. Informed consent and shared decision making is not easy, however, with treatments that are high risk, high reward. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E394-400. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.394.
Letter to the Editor Oct 2019 Response to “Will We Code for Default ECMO?”: Clarifying the Scope of Do-Not-ECMO Orders Jacob A. Blythe, MA, Sarah E. Wieten, PhD, and Jason N. Batten, MD, MA The authors further consider the merits of preventing ECMO from becoming a default treatment. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E926-929. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.926.
Case and Commentary Feb 2007 Ethics of Cutting-Edge Device Research Harvey L. Gordon, MD Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(2):86-90. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.2.ccas1-0702.
Case and Commentary Feb 2007 Turning Off an Implanted Life-Saving Device, Commentary 1 Lofty L. Basta, MD Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(2):91-96. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.2.ccas2-0702.
Case and Commentary Feb 2007 Turning Off an Implanted Life-Saving Device, Commentary 2 Katrina A. Bramstedt, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(2):96-98. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.2.ccas2-0702.
Case and Commentary Jan 2005 Mrs. Douglas's Choice of Treatment for Her Husband, Option Comparison Jennifer Reenan, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(1):-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.1.ccas7c-0501.
Case and Commentary Aug 2009 Patient Autonomy and Physician Responsibility, Commentary 1 Patrick C. Beeman Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(8):598-601. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2009.11.8.onca1-0908..
Case and Commentary Aug 2009 Patient Autonomy and Physician Responsibility, Commentary 2 Ryan C. VanWoerkom Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(8):601-602. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2009.11.8.onca1-0908.