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 Oct 2006 Obesity in Kids: When Appeals to Vanity Fail Joseph R. Zanga, MD and John C. Moskop, PhD Pediatricians should be aware of the cultural issues surrounding body image when they counsel certain patients and their parents about the importance of weight loss and the related health concerns. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):659-662. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.ccas4-0610. Case and Commentary Nov 2008 First, Do Not Punish: Individual Incentives in Health Policy Benjamin M. Howard Explanation of why penalizing health insurance subscribers who do not achieve wellness goals is unethical. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(11):719-723. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.conl1-0811. 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 May 2006 Stigmatized Patients' Right to Equal Treatment Kelly D. Brownell, PhD and Rebecca M. Puhl, PhD Physicians should practice bias-reduction strategies in their treatment plans for and attitudes toward overweight and obese patients. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(5):298-302. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.5.ccas1-0605. 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. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Current page 5
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 Oct 2006 Obesity in Kids: When Appeals to Vanity Fail Joseph R. Zanga, MD and John C. Moskop, PhD Pediatricians should be aware of the cultural issues surrounding body image when they counsel certain patients and their parents about the importance of weight loss and the related health concerns. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):659-662. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.ccas4-0610.
Case and Commentary Nov 2008 First, Do Not Punish: Individual Incentives in Health Policy Benjamin M. Howard Explanation of why penalizing health insurance subscribers who do not achieve wellness goals is unethical. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(11):719-723. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.conl1-0811.
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 May 2006 Stigmatized Patients' Right to Equal Treatment Kelly D. Brownell, PhD and Rebecca M. Puhl, PhD Physicians should practice bias-reduction strategies in their treatment plans for and attitudes toward overweight and obese patients. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(5):298-302. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.5.ccas1-0605.
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.