Psychedelic Ethics in Palliative Care.
Keenan Davis, Roman Palitsky, Boadie W Dunlop, George H. Grant, Ali J Zarrabi
The American Journal of Bioethics January 13, 2025 DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2024.2433457 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | End-of-life distress |
| Citations | 3 |
| Key points | Argues that psychedelic medicine has distinctive features that require adapted but not exceptional regulatory and clinical approaches. |
Abstract
In their article “Psychedelic Medicine Exceptionalism,” Cohen and Marks (2025) aim to chart a middle course between two extreme positions—the Scylla and Charybdis of psychedelic “exceptionalism” an...
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on end-of-life distress, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palliative Nursing and Sacred Medicine: A Holistic Stance on Entheogens, Healing, and Spiritual Care. Patients with advanced serious illness | 2019 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Psychedelics and Dying Care: A Historical Look at the Relationship between Psychedelics and Palliative Care. Historical context of dying care | 2019 | Historical analysis | |
| Psychedelics, spirituality, and existential distress in patients at the end of life. | 2025 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Responding to existential distress at the end of life: Psychedelics and psychedelic experiences and/ as medicine | 2024 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Psychedelics in Palliative Care | 2025 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
Citations in the library
Cited by 4
- Psychedelic therapy and cultural humility Translational Psychiatry February 27, 2026
- Spiritual wellbeing in psychedelic-assisted therapy with palliative care populations: An analysis of outcome measures Palliative & Supportive Care 2026
- Are Psychedelics Ethically Exceptional After All? Some Further Reflections The American Journal of Bioethics 2026
- Ethics of psychedelics in clinical research: a state-of-the-field review JME Practical Bioethics October 9, 2026
Cites 5
- Psychedelics and Psychotherapy: Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches as Default Frontiers in Psychology May 23, 2022
- Importance of Integrating Spiritual, Existential, Religious, and Theological Components in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies. JAMA Psychiatry July 1, 2023
- A framework for assessment of adverse events occurring in psychedelic-assisted therapies Journal of Psychopharmacology July 31, 2024
- Psychedelic Medicine Exceptionalism. The American Journal of Bioethics 2025
- A critical evaluation of psilocybin-assisted therapy protocol components from clinical trial patients, facilitators, and caregivers. Psychotherapy January 13, 2025