Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Viewpoint Jun 2009 What Primary Physicians Should Know about Environmental Causes of Illness William J. Rea, MD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(6):473-476. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.6.oped1-0906. Case and Commentary Jul 2003 Drug Company Sponsorship of Clinical Conferences, Commentary 1 Robert Goodman, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(7):239-241. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.7.ccas1-0307. Case and Commentary Jul 2003 Drug Company Sponsorship of Clinical Conferences, Commentary 2 Ashley Wazana, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(7):242-246. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.7.ccas1-0307. Case and Commentary May 2016 Consequences for Patients and Their Loved Ones When Physicians Refuse to Participate in Ethics Consultation Processes David S. Seres, MD, ScM While some physicians try to avoid ethics consultations, their participation can be essential for good patient care. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):493-498. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.ecas3-1605. Medicine and Society Feb 2014 Place: The Seventh Vital Sign Bill Davenhall, MA A digital record of place history and environmental context can provide a piece of clinically relevant information to help physicians understand what toxins patients may have been exposed to. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(2):135-137. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.2.msoc1-1402. Medical Education Aug 2014 Applied Medical Humanities: Addressing Vexing Deficits, Promoting Enduring Skills Joel T. Katz, MD The medical humanities can help students access and learn information they might otherwise find very difficult to master. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(8):610-613. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.8.medu1-1408. Medical Education Aug 2014 FlexMed: A Nontraditional Admissions Program at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai David Muller, MD The medical humanities can help students access and learn information they might otherwise find very difficult to master. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(8):614-617. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.8.medu2-1408. Medicine and Society May 2013 Chronic Pain Patients and the Biomedical Model of Pain Gillian Bendelow, PhD The biomedical definition of pain is inadequate to encompass the experiences of patients living with chronic pain. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(5):455-459. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.5.msoc1-1305. History of Medicine Dec 2011 The Evolution of Addiction Medicine as a Medical Specialty David E. Smith, MD The medicalization of addiction has greatly improved identification, early intervention, and referral to appropriate treatment. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(12):900-905. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.12.mhst1-1112.
Viewpoint Jun 2009 What Primary Physicians Should Know about Environmental Causes of Illness William J. Rea, MD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(6):473-476. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.6.oped1-0906.
Case and Commentary Jul 2003 Drug Company Sponsorship of Clinical Conferences, Commentary 1 Robert Goodman, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(7):239-241. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.7.ccas1-0307.
Case and Commentary Jul 2003 Drug Company Sponsorship of Clinical Conferences, Commentary 2 Ashley Wazana, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(7):242-246. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.7.ccas1-0307.
Case and Commentary May 2016 Consequences for Patients and Their Loved Ones When Physicians Refuse to Participate in Ethics Consultation Processes David S. Seres, MD, ScM While some physicians try to avoid ethics consultations, their participation can be essential for good patient care. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(5):493-498. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.5.ecas3-1605.
Medicine and Society Feb 2014 Place: The Seventh Vital Sign Bill Davenhall, MA A digital record of place history and environmental context can provide a piece of clinically relevant information to help physicians understand what toxins patients may have been exposed to. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(2):135-137. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.2.msoc1-1402.
Medical Education Aug 2014 Applied Medical Humanities: Addressing Vexing Deficits, Promoting Enduring Skills Joel T. Katz, MD The medical humanities can help students access and learn information they might otherwise find very difficult to master. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(8):610-613. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.8.medu1-1408.
Medical Education Aug 2014 FlexMed: A Nontraditional Admissions Program at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai David Muller, MD The medical humanities can help students access and learn information they might otherwise find very difficult to master. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(8):614-617. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.8.medu2-1408.
Medicine and Society May 2013 Chronic Pain Patients and the Biomedical Model of Pain Gillian Bendelow, PhD The biomedical definition of pain is inadequate to encompass the experiences of patients living with chronic pain. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(5):455-459. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.5.msoc1-1305.
History of Medicine Dec 2011 The Evolution of Addiction Medicine as a Medical Specialty David E. Smith, MD The medicalization of addiction has greatly improved identification, early intervention, and referral to appropriate treatment. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(12):900-905. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.12.mhst1-1112.