Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010. 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. Policy Forum Sep 2004 Choice in Planning and Experiencing Childbirth Lynn P. Freedman, JD, MPH, Rana E. Barar, and Ann M. Drobnik, MPH Physicians should play a critical role in expanding access to reproductive health choices for women, including the choice to give birth under the care of a midwife. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(9):409-413. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.9.pfor1-0409.
Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010.
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.
Policy Forum Sep 2004 Choice in Planning and Experiencing Childbirth Lynn P. Freedman, JD, MPH, Rana E. Barar, and Ann M. Drobnik, MPH Physicians should play a critical role in expanding access to reproductive health choices for women, including the choice to give birth under the care of a midwife. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(9):409-413. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.9.pfor1-0409.