Mental health/Alzheimer’s disease

  • Case and Commentary
    Dec 2016

    Who Should Assess the Needs of and Care for a Dementia Patient’s Caregiver?

    Laura N. Gitlin, PhD and Nancy A. Hodgson, PhD, RN
    As a matter of medical ethics, physicians must address the health care needs of and be advocates for family caregivers of their patients with dementia.
    AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1171-1181. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.ecas1-1612.
  • Viewpoint
    Dec 2016

    Changing Memories: Between Ethics and Speculation

    Eric Racine, PhD and William Affleck
    Medical ethics concerns about the use of memory-modulating technologies should not override individual decisions about their use in clinical contexts.
    AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1241-1248. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.sect1-1612.
  • Health Law
    Dec 2016

    The Legal Implications of Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier

    Joshua Preston, Jaleh McTeigue, Caitlin Opperman, Jordan Dean Scott Krieg, Mikaela Brandt-Fontaine, Alina Yasis, and Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD
    What are insurance, contract, and criminal law implications of detecting Alzheimer’s disease early?
    AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1207-1217. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.hlaw1-1612.
  • Art of Medicine
    Aug 2014

    Tangles: An Illness Narrative in Graphic Form

    Sarah Leavitt
    Comics allowed me to convey multiple layers of a single experience. With both text and image at my disposal, I could use one to enhance the other or create contradictions and juxtapositions that were jarring or darkly humorous.
    Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(8):652-655. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.8.imhl1-1408.
  • Health Law
    Jul 2014

    Concussion-Related Litigation against the National Football League

    Richard Weinmeyer, JD, MPhil
    The National Football League concussion lawsuits could potentially serve as a valuable model for other professional sports injury cases in the future.
    Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(7):552-558. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.7.hlaw1-1407.
  • Case and Commentary
    May 2014

    Questions about an Advance Directive, Commentary 1

    Bernard J. Hammes, PhD and Thomas D. Harter, PhD
    A 15-year-old advance directive made when the patient was in much better health and not updated can bring more confusion than clarity to the decision-making process.
    Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(5):348-352. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.5.ecas3-1405.
  • Case and Commentary
    May 2014

    Questions about an Advance Directive, Commentary 2

    Meera Balasubramaniam, MD, MPH and Yesne Alici, MD
    A 15-year-old advance directive made when the patient was in much better health and not updated can bring more confusion than clarity to the decision-making process.
    Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(5):352-356. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.5.ecas3-1405.
  • In the Literature
    Dec 2011

    Ethical Issues in the Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease

    Matthew E. Growdon
    The early diagnosis of Alzheimer disease is a boon in that it enables advance planning, but that planning process can engender conflict between respect for future-oriented autonomy and future welfare.
    Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(12):868-872. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.12.jdsc1-1112.