Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Jul 2019 When There’s No One to Whom an Error Can Be Disclosed, How Should an Error Be Handled? Ryan G. Chiu When a patient is incompetent and unrepresented, alternative strategies must be implemented to document and try to rectify an error. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E553-558. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.553. Case and Commentary Aug 2005 Disclosing Error to a Patient: Physician-to-Patient Communication Geoffrey H. Gordon, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(8):537-540. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.8.ccas1-0508. Case and Commentary Aug 2016 Is Consent to Autopsy Necessary? Cartesian Dualism in Medicine and Its Limitations Megan Lane and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA The authors address the medical ethics question of whether autopsy is necessary from Cartesian and sociocultural perspectives and how to obtain consent. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):771-778. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas2-1608. Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 1 Ronald Epstein, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):485-488. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311. Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 2 James C. Thomas, MPH, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):489-491. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311. Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 3 Gregory W. Rutecki, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):492-495. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311. Case and Commentary Jul 2017 How Should Clinicians Counsel a Woman with a Strong Family History of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease about Her Pregnancy? Marianna V. Mapes, Barbara M. O'Brien, MD, and Louise P. King, MD, JD Pregnant women at high risk for heritable diseases need support and nondirective genetic counseling. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):663-674. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas4-1707. From the Editor Nov 2013 The Empowered Patient: Consumerism in American Medicine Ravi B. Parikh Today, much of the information that doctors gain during medical school and residency can be accessed by patients at the click of a mouse. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(11):923-925. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.11.fred1-1311. 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. Case and Commentary Jan 2014 Shared Decision Making about IVF for Savior Siblings Emily S. Jungheim, MD, MSCI Decisions about whether to pursue IVF for savior siblings are difficult to make when probable success rates differ by clinic and evidence is lacking. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(1):24-29. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.1.ecas4-1401. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Jul 2019 When There’s No One to Whom an Error Can Be Disclosed, How Should an Error Be Handled? Ryan G. Chiu When a patient is incompetent and unrepresented, alternative strategies must be implemented to document and try to rectify an error. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E553-558. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.553.
Case and Commentary Aug 2005 Disclosing Error to a Patient: Physician-to-Patient Communication Geoffrey H. Gordon, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(8):537-540. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.8.ccas1-0508.
Case and Commentary Aug 2016 Is Consent to Autopsy Necessary? Cartesian Dualism in Medicine and Its Limitations Megan Lane and Christian J. Vercler, MD, MA The authors address the medical ethics question of whether autopsy is necessary from Cartesian and sociocultural perspectives and how to obtain consent. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):771-778. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.ecas2-1608.
Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 1 Ronald Epstein, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):485-488. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311.
Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 2 James C. Thomas, MPH, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):489-491. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311.
Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 3 Gregory W. Rutecki, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):492-495. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311.
Case and Commentary Jul 2017 How Should Clinicians Counsel a Woman with a Strong Family History of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease about Her Pregnancy? Marianna V. Mapes, Barbara M. O'Brien, MD, and Louise P. King, MD, JD Pregnant women at high risk for heritable diseases need support and nondirective genetic counseling. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(7):663-674. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.7.ecas4-1707.
From the Editor Nov 2013 The Empowered Patient: Consumerism in American Medicine Ravi B. Parikh Today, much of the information that doctors gain during medical school and residency can be accessed by patients at the click of a mouse. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(11):923-925. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.11.fred1-1311.
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.
Case and Commentary Jan 2014 Shared Decision Making about IVF for Savior Siblings Emily S. Jungheim, MD, MSCI Decisions about whether to pursue IVF for savior siblings are difficult to make when probable success rates differ by clinic and evidence is lacking. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(1):24-29. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.1.ecas4-1401.