Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2017 How Should Clinicians Weigh the Benefits and Harms of Discussing Politicized Topics that Influence Their Individual Patients’ Health? Diana Alame, MD, MBE and Robert D. Truog, MD The adverse health effects of climate change should be the focus of physician advocacy efforts and of conversations between physicians and their patients. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(12):1174-1182. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.12.ecas3-1712. 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 Jun 2024 When Should Patients at the End of Life Get Antimicrobials? Noah Boton, MD and Jeffrey Larnard, MD Some clinicians might neglect discussing benefits and harms of antimicrobials with their patients during advance care planning processes. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(6):E456-462. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.456.
Case and Commentary Dec 2017 How Should Clinicians Weigh the Benefits and Harms of Discussing Politicized Topics that Influence Their Individual Patients’ Health? Diana Alame, MD, MBE and Robert D. Truog, MD The adverse health effects of climate change should be the focus of physician advocacy efforts and of conversations between physicians and their patients. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(12):1174-1182. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.12.ecas3-1712.
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 Jun 2024 When Should Patients at the End of Life Get Antimicrobials? Noah Boton, MD and Jeffrey Larnard, MD Some clinicians might neglect discussing benefits and harms of antimicrobials with their patients during advance care planning processes. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(6):E456-462. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.456.
