Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Letter to the Editor Oct 2017 Response to “What Should Physicians Do When They Disagree, Clinically and Ethically, with a Surrogate’s Wishes?” Petros Ioannou, MD, MSc, PhD Understanding the religious background of patients and their surrogates is essential to providing patient-centered care at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1051-1053. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.corr3-1710. Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609. History of Medicine Apr 2013 Behavior Change in America: Public Health, Medicine, and Individual Counseling Anthony L. Schlaff, MD, MPH The causes of many health behaviors are deeply rooted in our culture, and using a counseling model that assumes individual control and responsibility for these behaviors can cause patients to feel hectored instead of helped. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(4):353-361. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.4.mhst1-1304. Case and Commentary Feb 2013 Profiling Patients to Identify Prospective Donors Richard E. Thompson, MD If wealth screening and patient care must be mixed, they would be safer and more effective if guided by a policy developed with input from physicians. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(2):114-118. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.2.ecas3-1302. In the Literature Oct 2008 A Bias Observed? Janvier’s Claim of Prejudice against Premature Infants Patrick M. Jones, MD, MA There is some basis to believe that many people place newborns in a special moral category. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):643-646. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.jdsc1-0810. Medical Education Oct 2008 A Nonpaternalist Approach to Counseling Patients with Extremely Premature Delivery Patrick Catalano, MD and Katherine Singh, MD Communication and nonpaternalistic counseling are crucial to women delivering extremely premature infants. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):640-642. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.medu1-0810.
Letter to the Editor Oct 2017 Response to “What Should Physicians Do When They Disagree, Clinically and Ethically, with a Surrogate’s Wishes?” Petros Ioannou, MD, MSc, PhD Understanding the religious background of patients and their surrogates is essential to providing patient-centered care at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1051-1053. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.corr3-1710.
Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609.
History of Medicine Apr 2013 Behavior Change in America: Public Health, Medicine, and Individual Counseling Anthony L. Schlaff, MD, MPH The causes of many health behaviors are deeply rooted in our culture, and using a counseling model that assumes individual control and responsibility for these behaviors can cause patients to feel hectored instead of helped. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(4):353-361. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.4.mhst1-1304.
Case and Commentary Feb 2013 Profiling Patients to Identify Prospective Donors Richard E. Thompson, MD If wealth screening and patient care must be mixed, they would be safer and more effective if guided by a policy developed with input from physicians. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(2):114-118. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.2.ecas3-1302.
In the Literature Oct 2008 A Bias Observed? Janvier’s Claim of Prejudice against Premature Infants Patrick M. Jones, MD, MA There is some basis to believe that many people place newborns in a special moral category. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):643-646. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.jdsc1-0810.
Medical Education Oct 2008 A Nonpaternalist Approach to Counseling Patients with Extremely Premature Delivery Patrick Catalano, MD and Katherine Singh, MD Communication and nonpaternalistic counseling are crucial to women delivering extremely premature infants. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):640-642. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.medu1-0810.