Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Jan 2006 Breast Cancer Screening, Commentary 1 Heidi Malm, PhD and Gerald W. Chodak, MD Physicians need to counsel patients about the limitations of genetics test results and what the results mean in terms of a clinical prognosis. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(1):7-10. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.1.ccas1-0601. Case and Commentary Mar 2007 Diagnostic Testing for Diseases in the News Vidya Sharma, MBBS, MPH and M. Denise Dowd, MD, MPH A discussion of how physicians should handle a patient's request to be tested for diseases that have received a high level of media coverage. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):166-169. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.3.ccas1-0703. Case and Commentary Dec 2006 Limits on Student Participation in Patient Care in Foreign Medical Brigades, Commentary 1 Naheed Rehman Abbasi, MD, MPH Sets the ethical limits of student participation in patient care when the students are part of foreign medical teams. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(12):808-811. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.12.ccas2-0612. Case and Commentary Dec 2006 Limits on Student Participation in Patient Care in Foreign Medical Brigades, Commentary 2 Michael Godkin, PhD Sets the ethical limits of student participation in patient care when the students are part of foreign medical teams. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(12):811-813. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.12.ccas2-0612. Case and Commentary Jun 2004 Unnecessary Tests and Ethics of Quality of Care G. Caleb Alexander, MD Patients' requests for unnecessary medical tests erode health care quality for all. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(6):261-263. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.6.ccas3-0406. Case and Commentary Aug 2004 Helping Surrogate Decision Makers in the Face of Uncertainty Robert W. Taylor, MD Physicians need to help surrogate decision makers to make treatment and end-of-life decisions for those with severe neurological damage by proving a realistic prognosis and maintain strong lines of communication. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):342-344. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.ccas2-0408. Case and Commentary Oct 2004 Palliative Surgery David P. Jaques, MD and Murray F. Brennan, MD Physicians must express compassion when discussing risk and success rates of palliative surgery. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(10):440-439. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.10.ccas3-0410. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4
Case and Commentary Jan 2006 Breast Cancer Screening, Commentary 1 Heidi Malm, PhD and Gerald W. Chodak, MD Physicians need to counsel patients about the limitations of genetics test results and what the results mean in terms of a clinical prognosis. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(1):7-10. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.1.ccas1-0601.
Case and Commentary Mar 2007 Diagnostic Testing for Diseases in the News Vidya Sharma, MBBS, MPH and M. Denise Dowd, MD, MPH A discussion of how physicians should handle a patient's request to be tested for diseases that have received a high level of media coverage. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):166-169. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.3.ccas1-0703.
Case and Commentary Dec 2006 Limits on Student Participation in Patient Care in Foreign Medical Brigades, Commentary 1 Naheed Rehman Abbasi, MD, MPH Sets the ethical limits of student participation in patient care when the students are part of foreign medical teams. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(12):808-811. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.12.ccas2-0612.
Case and Commentary Dec 2006 Limits on Student Participation in Patient Care in Foreign Medical Brigades, Commentary 2 Michael Godkin, PhD Sets the ethical limits of student participation in patient care when the students are part of foreign medical teams. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(12):811-813. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.12.ccas2-0612.
Case and Commentary Jun 2004 Unnecessary Tests and Ethics of Quality of Care G. Caleb Alexander, MD Patients' requests for unnecessary medical tests erode health care quality for all. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(6):261-263. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.6.ccas3-0406.
Case and Commentary Aug 2004 Helping Surrogate Decision Makers in the Face of Uncertainty Robert W. Taylor, MD Physicians need to help surrogate decision makers to make treatment and end-of-life decisions for those with severe neurological damage by proving a realistic prognosis and maintain strong lines of communication. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):342-344. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.ccas2-0408.
Case and Commentary Oct 2004 Palliative Surgery David P. Jaques, MD and Murray F. Brennan, MD Physicians must express compassion when discussing risk and success rates of palliative surgery. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(10):440-439. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.10.ccas3-0410.