Medicine and Human Rights

Volume 2, Number 7: 59-67 Full Issue PDF
  • In the Literature
    Jul 2000

    Access to Essential Drugs in Poor Countries

    Faith Lagay, PhD
    Readers are referred to an article by B. Pécoul et al in a 1999 issue of JAMA to discuss what ethical duties developed countries have to ensure that essential drugs are accessible to patients in poor countries.
    Virtual Mentor. 2000; 2(7):61-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2000.2.7.jdsc1-0007.
  • Art of Medicine
    Jul 2000

    The Biology of Ethics: Genetics, Evolution and Moral Behavior

    Faith Lagay, PhD
    The journal invites students to share their medical training observations captured in photographs by highlighting a drawing of a DNA double helix as a symbol for the role of ethics in genetic research.
    Virtual Mentor. 2000; 2(7):62-63. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2000.2.7.imhl1-0007.
  • Personal Narrative
    Jul 2000

    Through the Patient's Eyes: Gertrude Stein Reads

    Audiey Kao, MD, PhD
    Readers are referred to an article by Brenda Wineapple in a 1996 issue of JAMA to consider the experience of health care from the patient's perspective.
    Virtual Mentor. 2000; 2(7):64-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2000.2.7.prsp1-0007.
  • Viewpoint
    Jul 2000

    Inge Genefke, MD

    Audiey Kao, MD, PhD
    Inge Genefke, a physician who formed the first Amnesty International medical group in Denmark, is honored for being an exemplary role model in medicine for her pioneering clinical research and humanitarian advocacy for torture survivors.
    Virtual Mentor. 2000; 2(7):67-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2000.2.7.prol1-0007.