Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Sep 2017 How Should a Health Care Professional Respond to an Incarcerated Patient’s Request for a Particular Treatment? Tom Peteet, MD and Matt Tobey, MD, MPH Correctional physicians’ concerns about medication diversion should not outweigh respect for autonomy when deciding on a patient’s care plan. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(9):894-902. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.9.ecas3-1709. Case and Commentary Nov 2019 How Should Surgeons Balance Transplantation Innovation With Acceptance of a Trauma Survivor’s Appearance? Carly Parnitzke Smith, PhD Counseling a patient about reconstructive surgery for a traumatic and disfiguring injury requires special consideration. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E953-959. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.953. Case and Commentary May 2019 How Should ECMO Initiation and Withdrawal Decisions Be Shared? Carolina Jaramillo and Nicholas Braus, MD Case analysis illuminates strategies clinicians can use to reconcile competing duties to patients on ECMO. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E387-393. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.387. Case and Commentary Oct 2010 Cardiac Catheterization and Defensive Medicine Crystal E. Brown, MD and David R. Brush, MD Improved patient-physician communication is the only ethically risk-free kind of defensive medicine. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(10):786-789. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.10.ccas3-1010. Case and Commentary Sep 2009 Evaluating Requests for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Anam Pal and Lubna Pal, MBBS, MSc Physicians must consider clinical and ethical questions with patients who request in vitro fertilization and preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(9):673-677. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.9.ccas3-0909. Case and Commentary Dec 2004 Preoperative Screening: Medical or Legal Guidelines? Commentary 1 Mark Tonelli, MD, MA Clinical judgment and experience often trump evidence-based practice guidelines in physicians' medical decision-making process. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(12):542-544. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.12.ccas3-0412. Case and Commentary Dec 2004 Preoperative Screening: Medical or Legal Guidelines? Commentary 2 Erin Egan, MD, JD Clinical judgment and experience often trump evidence-based practice guidelines in physicians' medical decision-making process. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(12):544-546. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.12.ccas3-0412. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8
Case and Commentary Sep 2017 How Should a Health Care Professional Respond to an Incarcerated Patient’s Request for a Particular Treatment? Tom Peteet, MD and Matt Tobey, MD, MPH Correctional physicians’ concerns about medication diversion should not outweigh respect for autonomy when deciding on a patient’s care plan. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(9):894-902. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.9.ecas3-1709.
Case and Commentary Nov 2019 How Should Surgeons Balance Transplantation Innovation With Acceptance of a Trauma Survivor’s Appearance? Carly Parnitzke Smith, PhD Counseling a patient about reconstructive surgery for a traumatic and disfiguring injury requires special consideration. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E953-959. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.953.
Case and Commentary May 2019 How Should ECMO Initiation and Withdrawal Decisions Be Shared? Carolina Jaramillo and Nicholas Braus, MD Case analysis illuminates strategies clinicians can use to reconcile competing duties to patients on ECMO. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(5):E387-393. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.387.
Case and Commentary Oct 2010 Cardiac Catheterization and Defensive Medicine Crystal E. Brown, MD and David R. Brush, MD Improved patient-physician communication is the only ethically risk-free kind of defensive medicine. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(10):786-789. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.10.ccas3-1010.
Case and Commentary Sep 2009 Evaluating Requests for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Anam Pal and Lubna Pal, MBBS, MSc Physicians must consider clinical and ethical questions with patients who request in vitro fertilization and preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(9):673-677. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.9.ccas3-0909.
Case and Commentary Dec 2004 Preoperative Screening: Medical or Legal Guidelines? Commentary 1 Mark Tonelli, MD, MA Clinical judgment and experience often trump evidence-based practice guidelines in physicians' medical decision-making process. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(12):542-544. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.12.ccas3-0412.
Case and Commentary Dec 2004 Preoperative Screening: Medical or Legal Guidelines? Commentary 2 Erin Egan, MD, JD Clinical judgment and experience often trump evidence-based practice guidelines in physicians' medical decision-making process. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(12):544-546. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.12.ccas3-0412.