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A Precautionary Approach to Touch in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

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This is presented as a dilemma for clinicians who must weigh both possibilities equally; however, neither assertion has been adequately investigated in the P-AT literature, and the notion of “enhanced capacity” in altered states is neither supported by evidence nor by legal definitions of consent. Risk Mitigation. McLane et al.

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Ethics Education in U.S. Medical Schools’ Curricula

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As medical care advanced — and categories like “ brain death ” emerged — doctors found themselves facing challenging new dilemmas and old ones more often. The AAMC requires medical school graduates to “demonstrate a commitment to ethical principles pertaining to provision or withholding of care, confidentiality, informed consent.”