Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Jul 2005 How Good Is Good Enough? Commentary 1 G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(7):464-466. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.7.ccas2-0507. Case and Commentary Jul 2005 How Good Is Good Enough? Commentary 2 Robert C. Bowman, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(7):466-468. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.7.ccas2-0507. Case and Commentary Jun 2016 When Is Depression a Terminal Illness? Deliberative Suicide in Chronic Mental Illness Constance E. George, MD, MA In some cases, hope might not have substantial ethical or therapeutic value. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):594-600. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas4-1606. Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708. Case and Commentary May 2011 Patient Privacy and Mental Health Care in the Rural Setting Tom Townsend, MD Particularly in a small community, patients may want to avoid the social stigma of seeking mental health care by receiving it from their primary care physician—who may know them well enough to have some insights an unfamiliar specialist would not. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(5):282-286. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.5.ccas3-1105.
Case and Commentary Jul 2005 How Good Is Good Enough? Commentary 1 G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(7):464-466. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.7.ccas2-0507.
Case and Commentary Jul 2005 How Good Is Good Enough? Commentary 2 Robert C. Bowman, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(7):466-468. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.7.ccas2-0507.
Case and Commentary Jun 2016 When Is Depression a Terminal Illness? Deliberative Suicide in Chronic Mental Illness Constance E. George, MD, MA In some cases, hope might not have substantial ethical or therapeutic value. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(6):594-600. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.6.ecas4-1606.
Case and Commentary Aug 2017 Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions Lauren E. Hock, MD and Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD Risks of off-label medication to treat aggression should be balanced with consequences of not responding to social factors. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(8):753-761. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.8.ecas2-1708.
Case and Commentary May 2011 Patient Privacy and Mental Health Care in the Rural Setting Tom Townsend, MD Particularly in a small community, patients may want to avoid the social stigma of seeking mental health care by receiving it from their primary care physician—who may know them well enough to have some insights an unfamiliar specialist would not. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(5):282-286. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.5.ccas3-1105.