Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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 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. Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708. Case and Commentary Jul 2017 Should Dementia Be Accepted as a Disability to Help Restore Hope during Cognitive Decline? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Patients with dementia need social supports and opportunities and acceptance of their disability in order to feel hopeful despite their functional decline. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):649-655. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas2-1707. Case and Commentary Jan 2009 Outpatient Commitment: A Treatment Tool for the Mentally Ill? Commentary 1 Scott C. Fears, MD, PhD Benefits and risks of outpatient commitment are a means for managing mental illness in patients who are homeless. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(1):6-9. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.1.ccas1-0901. Case and Commentary Jan 2009 Outpatient Commitment: A Treatment Tool for the Mentally Ill? Commentary 2 Ann Hackman, MD Benefits and risks of outpatient commitment are a means for managing mental illness in patients who are homeless. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(1):9-12. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.1.ccas1-0901.
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 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.
Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708.
Case and Commentary Jul 2017 Should Dementia Be Accepted as a Disability to Help Restore Hope during Cognitive Decline? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Patients with dementia need social supports and opportunities and acceptance of their disability in order to feel hopeful despite their functional decline. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):649-655. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas2-1707.
Case and Commentary Jan 2009 Outpatient Commitment: A Treatment Tool for the Mentally Ill? Commentary 1 Scott C. Fears, MD, PhD Benefits and risks of outpatient commitment are a means for managing mental illness in patients who are homeless. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(1):6-9. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.1.ccas1-0901.
Case and Commentary Jan 2009 Outpatient Commitment: A Treatment Tool for the Mentally Ill? Commentary 2 Ann Hackman, MD Benefits and risks of outpatient commitment are a means for managing mental illness in patients who are homeless. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(1):9-12. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.1.ccas1-0901.