The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new ethical challenges in the care of patients with serious psychiatric illness who require inpatient treatment and who may have beeen exposed to COVID-19 or have mild to moderate COVID-19 but refuse testing and adherence to infection prevention protocols. Such situations increase the risk of infection to other patients and staff on psychiatric inpatient units. We discuss medical and ethical considerations for navigating this dilemma and offer a set of policy recommendations.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7371475 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-106613 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Individual on Death Row Receiving Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) for Catatonia: A Case Report.
J ECT
November 2024
Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is underused, logistically challenging for those who are justice-involved, and laced with ethical problems for those on death row. Herein we describe a case of a man without history of long-standing psychiatric illness who, after more than 15 years on death row, was hospitalized for altered mental status. After medical stabilization, the altered mental status persisted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Mobile Health Intervention to Support Collaborative Decision-Making in Mental Health Care: Development and Usability.
JMIR Form Res
January 2025
Early Intervention in Psychosis Advisory Unit for South-East Norway, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Background: Shared decision-making between clinicians and service users is crucial in mental health care. One significant barrier to achieving this goal is the lack of user-centered services. Integrating digital tools into mental health services holds promise for addressing some of these challenges.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCharacteristics of ChatGPT users from Germany: Implications for the digital divide from web tracking data.
PLoS One
January 2025
Department of Computer and Information Science, Konstanz University, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
A major challenge of our time is reducing disparities in access to and effective use of digital technologies, with recent discussions highlighting the role of AI in exacerbating the digital divide. We examine user characteristics that predict usage of the AI-powered conversational agent ChatGPT. We combine behavioral and survey data in a web tracked sample of N = 1376 German citizens to investigate differences in ChatGPT activity (usage, visits, and adoption) during the first 11 months from the launch of the service (November 30, 2022).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImplementing a Responsible Conduct of Research Curriculum for an Undergraduate Summer Clinical Research Program in Quantitative Sciences.
J Med Educ Curric Dev
January 2025
Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
Objectives: Instilling the principles of ethical and responsible medical research is critical for educating the next generation of clinical researchers. We developed a responsible conduct of research (RCR) workshop and associated curriculum for undergraduate trainees in a quantitative clinical research program.
Methods: Topics in this 7-module RCR workshop are relevant to undergraduate trainees in quantitative fields, many of whom are learning about these concepts for the first time.
Right Atrial Cardiac Hemangioma: A Multidisciplinary Pathway From Symptoms to Surgery.
JACC Case Rep
December 2024
Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire-Groupement des Hôpitaux de l'Institut Catholique de Lille/Lille Catholic Hospitals, Heart Valve Center, Cardiology Department, DATACARD (Données Arythmie Technologie et imAgerie CARDio-vasculaire), ETHICS (Experience, technology & human interactions, care & society) EA 7446, Lille Catholic University, Lille, France.
We present a case of a 76-year-old man with de novo right heart failure. Echocardiography initially detected a mass near to the posterior area of the right atrium. Despite a comprehensive multimodality imaging assessment, the exact location of the mass remained unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!