Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Jan 2005 Potential Patients: A Call from the Emergency Department Audiey Kao, MD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(1):5-9. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.1.ccas1-0501. Case and Commentary Feb 2013 Is the Standard of Care Always Worth the Cost? Susan Dorr Goold, MD, MHSA, MA There are few situations in which the standard of care is so clear-cut as to preclude physician judgment. Assessing the degree of need (not just the standard of care) when asking a patient to spend money requires judgment. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(2):104-106. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.2.ecas1-1302. Health Law Dec 2009 Testing Newborns for HIV Kristin E. Schleiter, JD, LLM Some states have enacted mandatory testing of newborns for HIV despite challenges to the constitutionality of such laws. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):969-973. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.hlaw1-0912. Policy Forum Oct 2008 The Cost of Saving the Tiniest Lives: NICUs versus Prevention Jonathan Muraskas, MD and Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD A number of resources currently devoted to neonatal intensive care may be better spent in prenatal care and prevention of preterm birth. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):655-658. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.pfor1-0810.
Case and Commentary Jan 2005 Potential Patients: A Call from the Emergency Department Audiey Kao, MD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(1):5-9. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.1.ccas1-0501.
Case and Commentary Feb 2013 Is the Standard of Care Always Worth the Cost? Susan Dorr Goold, MD, MHSA, MA There are few situations in which the standard of care is so clear-cut as to preclude physician judgment. Assessing the degree of need (not just the standard of care) when asking a patient to spend money requires judgment. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(2):104-106. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.2.ecas1-1302.
Health Law Dec 2009 Testing Newborns for HIV Kristin E. Schleiter, JD, LLM Some states have enacted mandatory testing of newborns for HIV despite challenges to the constitutionality of such laws. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):969-973. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.hlaw1-0912.
Policy Forum Oct 2008 The Cost of Saving the Tiniest Lives: NICUs versus Prevention Jonathan Muraskas, MD and Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD A number of resources currently devoted to neonatal intensive care may be better spent in prenatal care and prevention of preterm birth. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):655-658. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.pfor1-0810.