When patients are unable to express their wishes and do not have surrogates or advance directives, which and whose values should inform decision making for them? We discuss ethical complexities of caring for unrepresented patients.
A guardian’s request to sterilize a woman with intellectual disabilities is not ethically justifiable unless the woman assents and it is to her benefit.
AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):365-372. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas2-1604.
Shared decision making is practically difficult to implement in mental health practice but remains an ethical ideal for motivating therapeutic capacity.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E446-451. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.446.
Megan Chao Smith joins Ethics Talk to discuss their article, coauthored with Dr Shanda Demorest: “How Should Clinicians and Health Care Organizations Respond When Civic Planning Concentrates Waste Processing in Minoritized Communities?”
Genevieve S. Silva joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Cassandra Thiel: “What Would It Mean for Health Care Organizations to Justly Manage Their Waste?”
Ariel Levchenko joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Scott Schweikart: “How Should Regulations Help Health Care Organizations Manage Waste?”
Ladan Karim-Nejad joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Kayla Pangilinan: “How Should Responsibility for Proper Medication Disposal Be Shared?”