Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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. Medicine and Society Aug 2017 Should Euthanasia Be Considered Iatrogenic? Silvana Barone, MD and Yoram Unguru, MD, MS, MA Refusal of pediatric euthanasia can be considered iatrogenic insofar as it inadvertently prolongs patient suffering, but attitudes differ cross-culturally. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):802-814. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.msoc1-1708.
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.
Medicine and Society Aug 2017 Should Euthanasia Be Considered Iatrogenic? Silvana Barone, MD and Yoram Unguru, MD, MS, MA Refusal of pediatric euthanasia can be considered iatrogenic insofar as it inadvertently prolongs patient suffering, but attitudes differ cross-culturally. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):802-814. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.msoc1-1708.