Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Viewpoint May 2016 Hospital Ethics Committees, Consultants, and Courts George Annas, JD, MPH and Michael Grodin, MD Hospital ethics committees originated with concerns about legal liability, but today they educate, develop and implement policies, and review cases. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):554-559. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.sect1-1605. Podcast Jul 2023 Author Interview: “Fat Norms and the AMA” Jorie Braunold joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Fat Norms and the AMA.” Case and Commentary Sep 2023 According to Which Health Outcomes Measures Should Palliative Psychiatric Prognosis, Progress, and Success Be Defined? Nicolas Trad This commentary on a case considers moral reasons to adopt a palliative approach to the care of some psychiatric patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E684-689. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.684. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 Is There a Case for Palliative Care Addiction Psychiatry? Cynthia Geppert, MD, PhD, DPS, MA, MPH, MSB, MSJ, HEC-C Palliative psychiatry can facilitate compassionate resolution of ethical conflicts in end-of-life care decision making with persons with substance use disorders. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E678-683. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.678. 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 Oct 2023 Should Antipsychotics’ Risks Be Accepted by Clinicians on Behalf of Patients to Achieve Benefits of Mitigating Older Adults’ Behavioral Symptoms in Short-Staffed Units? Alex Rollo, MD, Jeena Kar, DO, Uma Suryadevara, MD, and Mary Camp, MD This commentary considers how to manage agitation in patients with dementia. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E725-732. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.725. Medicine and Society Oct 2023 Prioritizing Diversion and Decarceration of People With Dementia Lay Kodama, MD, PhD, Brie Williams, MD, MS, and Nathaniel P. Morris, MD An aging prison population means more people who are incarcerated will experience dementia and related symptoms. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E783-790. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.783. History of Medicine Jul 2023 Fat Norms and the AMA Jorie Braunold, MLIS In the early 20th century, the United States, as an industrialized nation with more food than ever, began to grapple with obesity. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E559-572. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.559. Case and Commentary Jul 2002 The Letter and Spirit of a Directive, Commentary 1 Mark G. Kuczewski, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(7):191-194. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.7.ccas1-0207 Case and Commentary Jul 2002 The Letter and Spirit of a Directive, Commentary 2 Amber Orr, JD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(7):195-198. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.7.ccas1-0207. 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 »
Viewpoint May 2016 Hospital Ethics Committees, Consultants, and Courts George Annas, JD, MPH and Michael Grodin, MD Hospital ethics committees originated with concerns about legal liability, but today they educate, develop and implement policies, and review cases. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):554-559. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.sect1-1605.
Podcast Jul 2023 Author Interview: “Fat Norms and the AMA” Jorie Braunold joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Fat Norms and the AMA.”
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 According to Which Health Outcomes Measures Should Palliative Psychiatric Prognosis, Progress, and Success Be Defined? Nicolas Trad This commentary on a case considers moral reasons to adopt a palliative approach to the care of some psychiatric patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E684-689. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.684.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 Is There a Case for Palliative Care Addiction Psychiatry? Cynthia Geppert, MD, PhD, DPS, MA, MPH, MSB, MSJ, HEC-C Palliative psychiatry can facilitate compassionate resolution of ethical conflicts in end-of-life care decision making with persons with substance use disorders. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E678-683. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.678.
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 Oct 2023 Should Antipsychotics’ Risks Be Accepted by Clinicians on Behalf of Patients to Achieve Benefits of Mitigating Older Adults’ Behavioral Symptoms in Short-Staffed Units? Alex Rollo, MD, Jeena Kar, DO, Uma Suryadevara, MD, and Mary Camp, MD This commentary considers how to manage agitation in patients with dementia. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E725-732. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.725.
Medicine and Society Oct 2023 Prioritizing Diversion and Decarceration of People With Dementia Lay Kodama, MD, PhD, Brie Williams, MD, MS, and Nathaniel P. Morris, MD An aging prison population means more people who are incarcerated will experience dementia and related symptoms. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(10):E783-790. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.783.
History of Medicine Jul 2023 Fat Norms and the AMA Jorie Braunold, MLIS In the early 20th century, the United States, as an industrialized nation with more food than ever, began to grapple with obesity. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(7):E559-572. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.559.
Case and Commentary Jul 2002 The Letter and Spirit of a Directive, Commentary 1 Mark G. Kuczewski, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(7):191-194. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.7.ccas1-0207
Case and Commentary Jul 2002 The Letter and Spirit of a Directive, Commentary 2 Amber Orr, JD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2002;4(7):195-198. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2002.4.7.ccas1-0207.