Is There a Case for Palliative Care Addiction Psychiatry?

Cynthia Geppert

doi:10.1001/amajethics.2023.678

Is There a Case for Palliative Care Addiction Psychiatry?

AMA J Ethics. 2023 Sep 1;25(9):E678-683. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.678.

Author

Cynthia Geppert¹

Affiliation

¹ Lead health care ethicist, Western Region, and director of ethics education at the Veterans Affairs National Center for Ethics in Health Care and professor of psychiatry and internal medicine and the director of ethics education at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.

PMID: 37695870
DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.678

Abstract

This commentary on a case suggests how palliative care psychiatry can facilitate compassionate resolution of ethical conflicts in end-of-life care decision making with persons with substance use disorders.

MeSH terms

Addiction Medicine*
Humans
Palliative Care
Psychiatry*
Terminal Care*