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Medicine and Society

May 2019

How Should Mechanical Circulatory Support Be Deactivated for Patients With Depression at the End of Life?

Stephan R. Weinland, PhD, MS and James Levenson, MD

End-stage heart failure patients can experience depression along with their chronic illness. Multidisciplinary responses are critical.

AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E429-434. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.429.

Case and Commentary

May 2019

How Should Physicians Respond to Requests for LVAD Removal?

Larry A. Allen, MD, MHS

Patients have a right to decline or withdraw LVADs. Informed consent and shared decision making is not easy, however, with treatments that are high risk, high reward.

AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E394-400. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.394.

Case and Commentary

Jan 2005

Mrs. Douglas's Choice of Treatment for Her Husband, Option Comparison

Jennifer Reenan, MD

Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(1):-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.1.ccas7c-0501.

Case and Commentary

Jun 2002

Right to Discontinue Treatment, Commentary 1

Jim Kirkpatrick, MD

An ethical case explores a 70-year-old man diagnosed with pancreatic cancer who wants to have his pacemaker turned off in order to hasten what he fears may be an unpleasant death.

Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(6):159-163. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.6.ccas1-0206.

Case and Commentary

Jun 2002

Right to Discontinue Treatment, Commentary 2

Erin Egan, MD, JD and Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD

An ethical case explores a 70-year-old man diagnosed with pancreatic cancer who wants to have his pacemaker turned off in order to hasten what he fears may be an unpleasant death.

Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(6):164-168. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.6.ccas1-0206.