Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609. Viewpoint Jan 2006 Is Prenatal Genetic Screening Unjustly Discriminatory? Jeff McMahan, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(1):50-52. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.1.oped1-0601. Viewpoint Jan 2006 The Uncertain Rationale for Prenatal Disability Screening David Wasserman, JD and Adrienne Asch, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(1):53-56. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.1.oped2-0601. Letter to the Editor Nov 2016 Response to “Ethical and Clinical Dilemmas in Using Psychotropic Medications During Pregnancy” Jennifer Piel, JD, MD, Suzanne B. Murray, MD, and Carmen Antonela Croicu, MD Treatment of pregnant women with psychosis may involve reconciling conflicting ethical obligations. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(11):1156-1159. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.corr1-1611. Case and Commentary Feb 2012 Protecting the Confidentiality of Sexually Active Adolescents Xiomara M. Santos, MD Doctors should do everything they can to protect an adolescent's confidentiality, but lying to the patient's parents is not acceptable. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):99-104. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.ccas2-1202. Case and Commentary Feb 2009 Youth Violence: Effective Screening and Prevention Lauren K. Whiteside, MD and Rebecca M. Cunningham, MD Physicians can manage and treat probable victims of gang violence without breaching the youth’s confidentiality. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):117-123. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.ccas3-0902.
Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609.
Viewpoint Jan 2006 Is Prenatal Genetic Screening Unjustly Discriminatory? Jeff McMahan, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(1):50-52. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.1.oped1-0601.
Viewpoint Jan 2006 The Uncertain Rationale for Prenatal Disability Screening David Wasserman, JD and Adrienne Asch, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(1):53-56. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.1.oped2-0601.
Letter to the Editor Nov 2016 Response to “Ethical and Clinical Dilemmas in Using Psychotropic Medications During Pregnancy” Jennifer Piel, JD, MD, Suzanne B. Murray, MD, and Carmen Antonela Croicu, MD Treatment of pregnant women with psychosis may involve reconciling conflicting ethical obligations. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(11):1156-1159. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.corr1-1611.
Case and Commentary Feb 2012 Protecting the Confidentiality of Sexually Active Adolescents Xiomara M. Santos, MD Doctors should do everything they can to protect an adolescent's confidentiality, but lying to the patient's parents is not acceptable. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):99-104. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.ccas2-1202.
Case and Commentary Feb 2009 Youth Violence: Effective Screening and Prevention Lauren K. Whiteside, MD and Rebecca M. Cunningham, MD Physicians can manage and treat probable victims of gang violence without breaching the youth’s confidentiality. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):117-123. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.ccas3-0902.