Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent In the Literature Jun 2019 Disentangling Evidence and Preference in Patient-Clinician Concordance Discussions Leah Z. G. Rand, DPhil and Zackary Berger, MD, PhD How should evidence be used to interpret and inform whether to accommodate patients’ requests for clinicians with specific traits? AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E505-512. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.505. Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986. Viewpoint Oct 2014 “We Can” Doesn’t Mean “We Should”: Aggressive Interventions to Prolong Pregnancy Stephen T. Chasen, MD Despite the natural desire in obstetrics for a happy outcome, sometimes the common aggressive interventions will not help maintain a pregnancy until viability. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(10):842-845. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.10.oped2-1410.
In the Literature Jun 2019 Disentangling Evidence and Preference in Patient-Clinician Concordance Discussions Leah Z. G. Rand, DPhil and Zackary Berger, MD, PhD How should evidence be used to interpret and inform whether to accommodate patients’ requests for clinicians with specific traits? AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E505-512. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.505.
Case and Commentary Dec 2020 What Should We Do When Families Refuse Testing for Brain Death? Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, Wynne Morrison, MD, MBE, and Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E986-994. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.986.
Viewpoint Oct 2014 “We Can” Doesn’t Mean “We Should”: Aggressive Interventions to Prolong Pregnancy Stephen T. Chasen, MD Despite the natural desire in obstetrics for a happy outcome, sometimes the common aggressive interventions will not help maintain a pregnancy until viability. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(10):842-845. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.10.oped2-1410.