Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent 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. Policy Forum Mar 2013 Should Physicians Participate in State-Ordered Executions? James K. Boehnlein, MD To participate in a lethal injection is to occupy the medical role and use medical training for a purpose that is not part of the goals of medicine and that harms the recipient of treatment. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(3):240-243. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.3.pfor3-1303. Case and Commentary May 2005 End of Life and Sanctity of Life, Commentary 3 Lerwut Wongsarnpigoon, MD Physicians need to understand their roles and limitations of their own faith in providing end-of-life care. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(5):342-351. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.5.ccas2-0505.
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.
Policy Forum Mar 2013 Should Physicians Participate in State-Ordered Executions? James K. Boehnlein, MD To participate in a lethal injection is to occupy the medical role and use medical training for a purpose that is not part of the goals of medicine and that harms the recipient of treatment. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(3):240-243. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.3.pfor3-1303.
Case and Commentary May 2005 End of Life and Sanctity of Life, Commentary 3 Lerwut Wongsarnpigoon, MD Physicians need to understand their roles and limitations of their own faith in providing end-of-life care. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(5):342-351. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.5.ccas2-0505.