Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent In the Literature Feb 2016 Ethical Dilemmas in Liver Transplant Organ Allocation: Is it Time for a New Mathematical Model? Aaron Ahearn, MD, PhD Organ allocation models that maximize the collective benefit of an organ rely on subjective criteria and might have unintended practical consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):126-132. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.nlit1-1602. 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 Sep 2005 Does How We Ask for Organs Determine Whether People Decide to Donate? Kelly A. Carroll Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(9):595-599. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.9.jdsc1-0509. In the Literature Nov 2006 Socioeconomic Determinants of Health: The Facts Are In Vanessa Yasmin Calderon Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(11):744-747. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.11.jdsc2-0611. In the Literature Jul 2004 The Physician's Role in Preventing Obesity Christian J. Krautkramer Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(7):312-315. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.7.jdsc2-0407. In the Literature Aug 2003 Children as Live Kidney Donors for Siblings Catherine Kim Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(8):319-321. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.8.jdsc1-0308. In the Literature Mar 2012 Living-Donor Grafts for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Mohamed Elhassan Akoad, MD Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(3):215-220. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.3.jdsc1-1203. In the Literature Jun 2011 Fairness in the Context of CAM Hannah L. Kushnick Wayne Vaught argues that physicians have an ethical obligation to treat CAM fairly, which means subjecting it to standards that are as rigorous but not more so than those applied to conventional medicine. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(6):361-364. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.6.jdsc1-1106. In the Literature Apr 2010 Weight Bias in Health Care Natasha Schvey Numerous sources of weight bias exist in medicine; physicians can play an important role in ameliorating it. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(4):287-291. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.4.jdsc1-1004.
In the Literature Feb 2016 Ethical Dilemmas in Liver Transplant Organ Allocation: Is it Time for a New Mathematical Model? Aaron Ahearn, MD, PhD Organ allocation models that maximize the collective benefit of an organ rely on subjective criteria and might have unintended practical consequences. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(2):126-132. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.18.2.nlit1-1602.
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 Sep 2005 Does How We Ask for Organs Determine Whether People Decide to Donate? Kelly A. Carroll Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(9):595-599. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.9.jdsc1-0509.
In the Literature Nov 2006 Socioeconomic Determinants of Health: The Facts Are In Vanessa Yasmin Calderon Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(11):744-747. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.11.jdsc2-0611.
In the Literature Jul 2004 The Physician's Role in Preventing Obesity Christian J. Krautkramer Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(7):312-315. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.7.jdsc2-0407.
In the Literature Aug 2003 Children as Live Kidney Donors for Siblings Catherine Kim Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(8):319-321. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.8.jdsc1-0308.
In the Literature Mar 2012 Living-Donor Grafts for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Mohamed Elhassan Akoad, MD Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(3):215-220. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.3.jdsc1-1203.
In the Literature Jun 2011 Fairness in the Context of CAM Hannah L. Kushnick Wayne Vaught argues that physicians have an ethical obligation to treat CAM fairly, which means subjecting it to standards that are as rigorous but not more so than those applied to conventional medicine. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(6):361-364. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.6.jdsc1-1106.
In the Literature Apr 2010 Weight Bias in Health Care Natasha Schvey Numerous sources of weight bias exist in medicine; physicians can play an important role in ameliorating it. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(4):287-291. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.4.jdsc1-1004.