Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Health Law Nov 2020 How Hospital Leaders and Risk Managers Can Nurture Ethics-Driven Lawyering Norine A. McGrath, MD, Evan G. DeRenzo, PhD, John K. Kilcullen, MD, JD, MPH, and Jack Schwartz, JD Hospital lawyers’ practices shape risk management operations, influence clinicians’ morale, and affect patient care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E933-939. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.933. In the Literature Jun 2023 Patient-Centered Approaches to Using BMI to Evaluate Gender-Affirming Surgery Eligibility Whitney Riley Linsenmeyer, PhD, RD, LD and Sarah Garwood, MD Body mass index cutoffs are routinely used to assess eligibility for gender-affirming surgeries, yet they are not empirically based. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E398-406. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.398. In the Literature Jul 2003 Financial Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Research Jeremy Spevick Virtual Mentor. 2003;194-196. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.7.jdsc1-0307. Health Law Jul 2003 Is it Legal for a Physician to Receive Payment for Prescribing a Drug? Kristin A. Sorenson Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(7):260-262. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.7.hlaw1-0307. In the Literature Jul 2014 What We Talk about When We Talk about Performance Enhancement Andrew Courtwright, MD, PhD Distinctions between treatment and enhancement, and between supposedly authentic and inauthentic tools, often inform judgments about what is morally acceptable in sport. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(7):543-546. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.7.jdsc1-1407. In the Literature Jun 2007 Cosmetic Psychopharmacology and the Goals of Medicine Erica K. Rangel A look at Pamela Bjorkland’s critique of the use of psychoactive drugs to improve mood, a practice known as cosmetic psychopharmacology. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(6):428-432. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.6.jdsc1-0706. Personal Narrative Aug 2006 Hawthorne's "Birthmark": Is There a Post-Romantic Lesson for the "Men of Science"? Faith Lagay, PhD Nathaniel Hawthorne's book The Birthmark is examined along with the current medical ramifications of the morals and lessons found within the story. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(8):541-544. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.8.mhum1-0608. In the Literature Aug 2004 Ethical Issues in the Application and Prescription of CNS Interventions Abraham P. Schwab, PhD A neuroscientist and a sociologist discuss the ethical concerns with common neurological medicines that are used to enhance or change behavior. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):347-349. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.jdsc1-0408.
Health Law Nov 2020 How Hospital Leaders and Risk Managers Can Nurture Ethics-Driven Lawyering Norine A. McGrath, MD, Evan G. DeRenzo, PhD, John K. Kilcullen, MD, JD, MPH, and Jack Schwartz, JD Hospital lawyers’ practices shape risk management operations, influence clinicians’ morale, and affect patient care. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(11):E933-939. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.933.
In the Literature Jun 2023 Patient-Centered Approaches to Using BMI to Evaluate Gender-Affirming Surgery Eligibility Whitney Riley Linsenmeyer, PhD, RD, LD and Sarah Garwood, MD Body mass index cutoffs are routinely used to assess eligibility for gender-affirming surgeries, yet they are not empirically based. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E398-406. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.398.
In the Literature Jul 2003 Financial Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Research Jeremy Spevick Virtual Mentor. 2003;194-196. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.7.jdsc1-0307.
Health Law Jul 2003 Is it Legal for a Physician to Receive Payment for Prescribing a Drug? Kristin A. Sorenson Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(7):260-262. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.7.hlaw1-0307.
In the Literature Jul 2014 What We Talk about When We Talk about Performance Enhancement Andrew Courtwright, MD, PhD Distinctions between treatment and enhancement, and between supposedly authentic and inauthentic tools, often inform judgments about what is morally acceptable in sport. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(7):543-546. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.7.jdsc1-1407.
In the Literature Jun 2007 Cosmetic Psychopharmacology and the Goals of Medicine Erica K. Rangel A look at Pamela Bjorkland’s critique of the use of psychoactive drugs to improve mood, a practice known as cosmetic psychopharmacology. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(6):428-432. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.6.jdsc1-0706.
Personal Narrative Aug 2006 Hawthorne's "Birthmark": Is There a Post-Romantic Lesson for the "Men of Science"? Faith Lagay, PhD Nathaniel Hawthorne's book The Birthmark is examined along with the current medical ramifications of the morals and lessons found within the story. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(8):541-544. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.8.mhum1-0608.
In the Literature Aug 2004 Ethical Issues in the Application and Prescription of CNS Interventions Abraham P. Schwab, PhD A neuroscientist and a sociologist discuss the ethical concerns with common neurological medicines that are used to enhance or change behavior. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):347-349. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.jdsc1-0408.