Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Jun 2016 When Is Depression a Terminal Illness? Deliberative Suicide in Chronic Mental Illness Constance E. George, MD, MA In some cases, hope might not have substantial ethical or therapeutic value. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):594-600. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas4-1606. Case and Commentary Aug 2016 Is Consent to Autopsy Necessary? Cartesian Dualism in Medicine and Its Limitations Megan Lane and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA The authors address the medical ethics question of whether autopsy is necessary from Cartesian and sociocultural perspectives and how to obtain consent. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):771-778. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas2-1608. In the Literature Aug 2016 Error Disclosure in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: A Review of the Literature Ifeoma U. Perkins, MD A neglected topic in medical ethics is the unique barriers to error disclosure faced by anatomic and clinical pathologists. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):809-816. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.nlit1-1608. Case and Commentary Jun 2016 Medication Refusal in Schizophrenia: Preventive and Reactive Ethical Considerations James Sabin, MD Overriding a proxy decision maker’s refusal of medication for a psychotic patient is justified when the patient poses a danger to himself or others. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):572-578. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas1-1606. Letter to the Editor Oct 2017 Elder Self-Neglect: Another Ethical Dilemma for Physicians Nancy Lutwak, MD Cases of elder self-neglect require physicians to balance the patient’s wish for independence and the risks of poor self-care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1043-1046. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.corr1-1710. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 Does It Matter Whether a Psychiatric Intervention Is “Palliative”? Brent M. Kious, MD, PhD and Ryan H. Nelson, PhD Uncertainty about which psychiatric interventions are palliative stems from psychiatry’s prioritization of symptom management regardless of diagnosis. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E655-660. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.655. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 How Should Long-Term Psychotherapy Address Ethical Questions During the Palliative Care of a Patient With Serious and Persistent Mental Illness? Constance E. George, MD, MA This commentary on a case considers the course of a palliative approach to care of a patient with a serious and persistent mental illness. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E661-667. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.661. Medical Education Sep 2023 Moral Intuitions About Futility as Prompts for Evaluating Goals in Mental Health Care Anna L. Westermair, MD and Manuel Trachsel, MD, PhD Futility can function as a moral counterweight to a duty to treat, helping clinicians find balance between over- and undertreatment. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E690-702. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.690. Case and Commentary Sep 2001 Obligations to Noncompliant Patients Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(9):289-290. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.9.hlaw1-0109. Personal Narrative Sep 2001 Through the Patient's Eyes: Conversation with a Famous Patient Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(9):306-308. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.9.prsp3-0109. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Jun 2016 When Is Depression a Terminal Illness? Deliberative Suicide in Chronic Mental Illness Constance E. George, MD, MA In some cases, hope might not have substantial ethical or therapeutic value. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):594-600. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas4-1606.
Case and Commentary Aug 2016 Is Consent to Autopsy Necessary? Cartesian Dualism in Medicine and Its Limitations Megan Lane and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA The authors address the medical ethics question of whether autopsy is necessary from Cartesian and sociocultural perspectives and how to obtain consent. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):771-778. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas2-1608.
In the Literature Aug 2016 Error Disclosure in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: A Review of the Literature Ifeoma U. Perkins, MD A neglected topic in medical ethics is the unique barriers to error disclosure faced by anatomic and clinical pathologists. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):809-816. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.nlit1-1608.
Case and Commentary Jun 2016 Medication Refusal in Schizophrenia: Preventive and Reactive Ethical Considerations James Sabin, MD Overriding a proxy decision maker’s refusal of medication for a psychotic patient is justified when the patient poses a danger to himself or others. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):572-578. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas1-1606.
Letter to the Editor Oct 2017 Elder Self-Neglect: Another Ethical Dilemma for Physicians Nancy Lutwak, MD Cases of elder self-neglect require physicians to balance the patient’s wish for independence and the risks of poor self-care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1043-1046. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.corr1-1710.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 Does It Matter Whether a Psychiatric Intervention Is “Palliative”? Brent M. Kious, MD, PhD and Ryan H. Nelson, PhD Uncertainty about which psychiatric interventions are palliative stems from psychiatry’s prioritization of symptom management regardless of diagnosis. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E655-660. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.655.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 How Should Long-Term Psychotherapy Address Ethical Questions During the Palliative Care of a Patient With Serious and Persistent Mental Illness? Constance E. George, MD, MA This commentary on a case considers the course of a palliative approach to care of a patient with a serious and persistent mental illness. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E661-667. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.661.
Medical Education Sep 2023 Moral Intuitions About Futility as Prompts for Evaluating Goals in Mental Health Care Anna L. Westermair, MD and Manuel Trachsel, MD, PhD Futility can function as a moral counterweight to a duty to treat, helping clinicians find balance between over- and undertreatment. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E690-702. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.690.
Case and Commentary Sep 2001 Obligations to Noncompliant Patients Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(9):289-290. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.9.hlaw1-0109.
Personal Narrative Sep 2001 Through the Patient's Eyes: Conversation with a Famous Patient Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(9):306-308. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.9.prsp3-0109.