PAS Versus Involuntary Commitment: Is There a Moral Dilemma?
October 29, 2019
Physician-assisted suicide violates the norms of Hippocratic medical ethics. Involuntary hospitalization to prevent suicide affirms those norms, according to the authors.
Cynthia M. A. Geppert, MD, MPH
Food for Thought
January 23, 2018
Some of the thorniest ethical dilemmas in psychiatry evolve around food: forced feeding in anorexia nervosa, artificial nutrition and hydration at the end of life, and the covert administration of psychotropic medications
Left to Their Own Devices: Issues in the Informed Consent Process for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
October 24, 2017
There is a growing trend for patients to obtain and use tDCS devices without the interposition of a psychiatrist filling the traditional medical-legal role of learned intermediary. The authors explore various issues.
Ethics case quiz | Food for Thought
October 19, 2017
When, if ever, is it ethical to administer a medication to a patient—even an incapacitated one—without his knowledge? Read the case, and weigh in.
