Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent State of the Art and Science Apr 2016 Keeping the Backdoor to Eugenics Ajar?: Disability and the Future of Prenatal Screening Gareth M. Thomas, PhD and Barbara Katz Rothman, PhD Noninvasive prenatal testing arguably constitutes a form of eugenics in a social context in which certain reproductive outcomes are not valued. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):406-415. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.stas1-1604. Medical Education Aug 2008 Framing Permission for Halting or Continuing Life-Extending Therapies Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH, David Munson, MD, and Wynne Morrison, MD Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(8):506-510. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.8.medu1-0808. Medical Education Sep 2023 Moral Intuitions About Futility as Prompts for Evaluating Goals in Mental Health Care Anna L. Westermair, MD and Manuel Trachsel, MD, PhD Futility can function as a moral counterweight to a duty to treat, helping clinicians find balance between over- and undertreatment. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E690-702. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.690. State of the Art and Science Jan 2014 Expanded Genetic Testing in Assisted Reproduction: Lessons Learned from Prenatal Testing Susan Klugman, MD and Siobhan M. Dolan, MD, MPH Chromosomal microarray analysis reveals many gene variants of unknown significance. The uncertainty about these variants—might they be deleterious or are they benign?—complicates genetic counseling. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(1):38-42. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.1.stas1-1401. From the Editor Nov 2013 The Empowered Patient: Consumerism in American Medicine Ravi B. Parikh Today, much of the information that doctors gain during medical school and residency can be accessed by patients at the click of a mouse. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(11):923-925. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.11.fred1-1311. State of the Art and Science Aug 2017 Etiology and Manifestations of Iatrogenesis in Pediatrics Stowe Locke Teti, MA, Kathleen Ennis-Durstine, MDiv, and Tomas Jose Silber, MD, MASS Clinicians caring for pediatric patients can face a dilemma of whether to respect parental autonomy or uphold the patient’s best interests. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):783-792. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.stas2-1708. State of the Art and Science Nov 2013 Letting Patient Values Guide Shared Decision Making Susan P. Pauker, MD A case study of shared decision making guided by the patient values. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(11):951-953. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.11.stas2-1311.
State of the Art and Science Apr 2016 Keeping the Backdoor to Eugenics Ajar?: Disability and the Future of Prenatal Screening Gareth M. Thomas, PhD and Barbara Katz Rothman, PhD Noninvasive prenatal testing arguably constitutes a form of eugenics in a social context in which certain reproductive outcomes are not valued. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):406-415. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.stas1-1604.
Medical Education Aug 2008 Framing Permission for Halting or Continuing Life-Extending Therapies Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH, David Munson, MD, and Wynne Morrison, MD Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(8):506-510. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.8.medu1-0808.
Medical Education Sep 2023 Moral Intuitions About Futility as Prompts for Evaluating Goals in Mental Health Care Anna L. Westermair, MD and Manuel Trachsel, MD, PhD Futility can function as a moral counterweight to a duty to treat, helping clinicians find balance between over- and undertreatment. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E690-702. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.690.
State of the Art and Science Jan 2014 Expanded Genetic Testing in Assisted Reproduction: Lessons Learned from Prenatal Testing Susan Klugman, MD and Siobhan M. Dolan, MD, MPH Chromosomal microarray analysis reveals many gene variants of unknown significance. The uncertainty about these variants—might they be deleterious or are they benign?—complicates genetic counseling. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(1):38-42. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.1.stas1-1401.
From the Editor Nov 2013 The Empowered Patient: Consumerism in American Medicine Ravi B. Parikh Today, much of the information that doctors gain during medical school and residency can be accessed by patients at the click of a mouse. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(11):923-925. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.11.fred1-1311.
State of the Art and Science Aug 2017 Etiology and Manifestations of Iatrogenesis in Pediatrics Stowe Locke Teti, MA, Kathleen Ennis-Durstine, MDiv, and Tomas Jose Silber, MD, MASS Clinicians caring for pediatric patients can face a dilemma of whether to respect parental autonomy or uphold the patient’s best interests. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):783-792. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.stas2-1708.
State of the Art and Science Nov 2013 Letting Patient Values Guide Shared Decision Making Susan P. Pauker, MD A case study of shared decision making guided by the patient values. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(11):951-953. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.11.stas2-1311.