When Protocol Meets Reality
In this narrative medicine essay, a pediatrician and former medical school dean offers 3 steps for clinicians on how to adapt their cognitive evaluations to the abilities of their patients, in this case his wife who has stage 6 Alzheimer disease.
Authors
- Wesley Burks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8287-5117)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2026.0064
- Primary Topic
- Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00