Considering chronic opioid use when planning elective surgery would likely enhance team communication, decrease stigma, and facilitate care transitioning and long-term planning.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E664-667. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.664.
Driven by toxic, unpredictable, unregulated supply, drug overdose deaths are rampant. Policies that support the war on drugs have to change to be helpful.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E723-728. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.723.
Professor Leonard Rubenstein joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Rohini Haar: “What Does Ethics Demand of Health Care Practice in Conflict Zones?”
This month on Ethics Talk, Dr Sheryl Fleisch discusses strategies for delivering health services to people experiencing homelessness, including street psychiatry.