Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medicine and Society Oct 2006 Talking with Families about Severely Disabled Children Arthur F. Kohrman, MD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):685-688. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.msoc1-0610. Case and Commentary Oct 2006 Parental Influence on Level of Functioning in a Child with Down Syndrome Dianne McBrien, MD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):645-648. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.ccas1-0610. Case and Commentary Oct 2006 Coping with a Child's Conduct Disorder Sharon Hirsch, MD and Rebecca Sheffield Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):654-658. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.ccas3-0610. Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708. Case and Commentary Aug 2017 How Should Physicians Help Gender-Transitioning Adolescents Consider Potential Iatrogenic Harms of Hormone Therapy? Thomas D. Steensma, PhD, S. Annelijn Wensing-Kruger, MSc, and Daniel T. Klink, MD, PhD Adolescents with gender dysphoria should be active participants in decisions about their gender-related health care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):762-770. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas3-1708. AMA Code Says Feb 2012 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions on Confidential Care for Sexually Active Minors and Physicians’ Exercise of Conscience in Refusal of Services AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs The AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions on confidential care for sexually active minors and physicians' exercise of conscience in refusal of services. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):118-120. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.coet1-1202. In the Literature Feb 2012 Barriers and Biases: Ethical Considerations for Providing Emergency Contraception to Adolescents in the Emergency Department Rebecca C. Thilo When adolescents seek emergency contraception in the emergency room, social judgment on the part of clinicians can hamper treatment. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):121-125. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.jdsc1-1202. Medicine and Society Aug 2017 Are Physicians Blameworthy for Iatrogenic Harm Resulting from Unnecessary Genital Surgeries? Samuel Reis-Dennis, PhD and Elizabeth Reis, PhD Physicians are accountable to patients for physical and psychological harm caused by intersex surgery, cosmetic vaginal surgery, or circumcision. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):825-833. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.msoc3-1708.
Medicine and Society Oct 2006 Talking with Families about Severely Disabled Children Arthur F. Kohrman, MD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):685-688. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.msoc1-0610.
Case and Commentary Oct 2006 Parental Influence on Level of Functioning in a Child with Down Syndrome Dianne McBrien, MD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):645-648. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.ccas1-0610.
Case and Commentary Oct 2006 Coping with a Child's Conduct Disorder Sharon Hirsch, MD and Rebecca Sheffield Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):654-658. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.ccas3-0610.
Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708.
Case and Commentary Aug 2017 How Should Physicians Help Gender-Transitioning Adolescents Consider Potential Iatrogenic Harms of Hormone Therapy? Thomas D. Steensma, PhD, S. Annelijn Wensing-Kruger, MSc, and Daniel T. Klink, MD, PhD Adolescents with gender dysphoria should be active participants in decisions about their gender-related health care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):762-770. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas3-1708.
AMA Code Says Feb 2012 AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions on Confidential Care for Sexually Active Minors and Physicians’ Exercise of Conscience in Refusal of Services AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs The AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions on confidential care for sexually active minors and physicians' exercise of conscience in refusal of services. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):118-120. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.coet1-1202.
In the Literature Feb 2012 Barriers and Biases: Ethical Considerations for Providing Emergency Contraception to Adolescents in the Emergency Department Rebecca C. Thilo When adolescents seek emergency contraception in the emergency room, social judgment on the part of clinicians can hamper treatment. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):121-125. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.jdsc1-1202.
Medicine and Society Aug 2017 Are Physicians Blameworthy for Iatrogenic Harm Resulting from Unnecessary Genital Surgeries? Samuel Reis-Dennis, PhD and Elizabeth Reis, PhD Physicians are accountable to patients for physical and psychological harm caused by intersex surgery, cosmetic vaginal surgery, or circumcision. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):825-833. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.msoc3-1708.