Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004. Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should Decision Science Inform Scarce Blood Product Allocation? Eric Kersjes, MD and Lauren B. Smith, MD Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.852. Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Dialysis Be Stopped for an Unrepresented Patient With Metastatic Cancer? Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, Sarah Garijo-Garde, and Lauren S. Flicker, JD, MBE Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E575-581. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.575. Case and Commentary Oct 2005 The Wayward Husband Dave Cundiff, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(10):646-651. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.10.ccas1-0510. Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 1 Ronald Epstein, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):485-488. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311. Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 2 James C. Thomas, MPH, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):489-491. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311. Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 3 Gregory W. Rutecki, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):492-495. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311. Case and Commentary Sep 2009 Duty to Warn At-Risk Family Members of Genetic Disease Anne-Marie Laberge, MD, PhD and Wylie Burke, MD, PhD Physicians and counselors must address the importance of communicating genetic test results to family members in the pre-test counseling and informed-consent processes prior to testing. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(9):656-660. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.9.ccas1-0909.
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 Should a Patient Who Is Pregnant and Brain Dead Receive Life Support, Despite Objection From Her Appointed Surrogate? Daniel Sperling, SJD Lack of ethical, legal, and clinical consensus about best practice sometimes combines with a poor clinical evidence base. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1004-1009. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1004.
Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should Decision Science Inform Scarce Blood Product Allocation? Eric Kersjes, MD and Lauren B. Smith, MD Decision aids could help clinicians know when to request ethics consultation or re-evaluate blood product usage in a specific patient care situation. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.852.
Case and Commentary Jul 2019 Should Dialysis Be Stopped for an Unrepresented Patient With Metastatic Cancer? Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, Sarah Garijo-Garde, and Lauren S. Flicker, JD, MBE Legal inconsistencies and variation in end-of-life options generate disparities in care for unrepresented patients. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E575-581. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.575.
Case and Commentary Oct 2005 The Wayward Husband Dave Cundiff, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(10):646-651. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.10.ccas1-0510.
Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 1 Ronald Epstein, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):485-488. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311.
Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 2 James C. Thomas, MPH, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):489-491. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311.
Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 3 Gregory W. Rutecki, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):492-495. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311.
Case and Commentary Sep 2009 Duty to Warn At-Risk Family Members of Genetic Disease Anne-Marie Laberge, MD, PhD and Wylie Burke, MD, PhD Physicians and counselors must address the importance of communicating genetic test results to family members in the pre-test counseling and informed-consent processes prior to testing. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(9):656-660. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.9.ccas1-0909.