Ethics of Representing Unrepresented Patients

I am delighted to be a part of this special issue of the AMA JOURNAL OF ETHICS on "Ethics of Representing Unrepresented Patients."

Representing Unrepresented Patients
Holland M. Kaplan, MD

Case and Commentary
When There’s No One to Whom an Error Can Be Disclosed, How Should an Error be Handled?
Ryan G. Chiu

How Should Clinicians Navigate
Decision Making for Unrepresented Patients
Timothy M. Dempsey, MD, MPH and Erin Sullivan DeMartino, MD

Should Aggregate Patient Preference Data Be Used to Make Decisions on Behalf of Unrepresented Patients? 
Nathaniel Sharadin, PhD, MA

Should Dialysis Be Stopped for an Unrepresented Patient With Metastatic Cancer?  
Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, Sarah Garijo-Garde, and Lauren S. Flicker, JD, MBE

Health Law
Five Things Clinicians Should Know When Caring for Unrepresented Patients    Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD

Who Makes Decisions for Incapacitated Patients Who Have No Surrogate or Advance Directive?
Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE

Regional Unrepresented Patient Advocacy Committee as an Alternative for Decision Making
Lisa K. Anderson-Shaw, DrPH, MA, MSN, ANP-BC

AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Unrepresented Patients
Danielle Hahn Chaet, MSB

Policy Forum
How Should Unaccompanied Minors in Immigration Detention Be Protected From Coercive Medical Practices?
Giselle Malina

Medicine and Society
Who Are “Unrepresented” Patients and what Count as Important Medical Decisions for Them?
David Ozar, PhD

Who Should Make Decisions for Unrepresented Patients Who Are Incarcerated?
Matthew Tobey, MD, MPH and Lisa Simon, DMD