Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Mar 2006 To Scan or Not To Scan? Marion Danis, MD Physicians should understand the relationship between clinical expertise and cost consciousness in making their diagnoses. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(3):135-137. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.3.ccas2-0603. Medical Education Mar 2006 A Crash Course? What Happens When a Patient's Medical and Economic Best Interests Collide? G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS A physician outlines strategies to help reduce a patient's out-of-pocket prescription drug expenses. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(3):147-149. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.3.medu2-0603. Medicine and Society Dec 2006 The "Ethical Imperative" of Global Health Service Edward O'Neil Jr., MD Argument that all physicians are bound by an ethical imperative to offer volunteer care for medically underserved populations. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(12):846-850. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.12.msoc1-0612. Health Law Dec 2006 Intellectual Property and Access to Medicine for the Poor Tara Leevy, LLB, LLM Intellectual property laws promulgated by the World Trade Organization affect developing nations' access to life-saving medications. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(12):834-838. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.12.hlaw1-0612. Health Law Sep 2008 Role of the Expert Witness in Sleep-Related Violence Trials Michel A. Cramer Bornemann, MD Argument that physicians called upon for expert testimony in court have an ethical duty to educate the jury by offering opinions based upon published, clinically based evidence and peer-reviewed medical literature. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(9):571-577. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.9.hlaw1-0809. Medicine and Society Nov 2008 Patients Are Hardly Too Thin or Too Rich: Doctors' Preventive Medicine Duties Henry S. Perkins, MD Counseling patients about medical finances is a preventive medicine duty, much as weight-loss counseling is. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(11):750-755. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.msoc1-0811. Case and Commentary Nov 2008 Balancing Health Promotion and Healing, Commentary 2 David Clive, MD How to resolve conflicts between hospital policy and the treatment recommendations for an individual patient. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(11):703-707. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.ccas2-0811. Medicine and Society May 2007 Roman Catholic Ethics and the Preferential Option for the Poor Thomas A. Nairn, OFM, PhD The Catholic Church demonstrates a preferential option for the poor not only by providing charity but also by demanding justice for the poor. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(5):384-387. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.5.msoc2-0705. Case and Commentary Dec 2007 On the Road: A Physician's Response to a Call for Voluntary Service James E. Kelley, PhD Fictional narrative of a physician who decides to leave the state for safety with his pregnant wife and son when a flu epidemic breaks out. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(12):806-810. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.12.conl1-0712. Policy Forum Jan 2007 Setting Fair Prices for Life-Saving Drugs Bruce A. Chabner, MD and Thomas G. Roberts Jr, MD, MSocSci Two physicians examine the history of cancer drug pricing and the barriers to setting fair prices for life-saving cancer medications. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):38-43. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.1.pfor1-0701. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Current page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Mar 2006 To Scan or Not To Scan? Marion Danis, MD Physicians should understand the relationship between clinical expertise and cost consciousness in making their diagnoses. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(3):135-137. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.3.ccas2-0603.
Medical Education Mar 2006 A Crash Course? What Happens When a Patient's Medical and Economic Best Interests Collide? G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS A physician outlines strategies to help reduce a patient's out-of-pocket prescription drug expenses. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(3):147-149. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.3.medu2-0603.
Medicine and Society Dec 2006 The "Ethical Imperative" of Global Health Service Edward O'Neil Jr., MD Argument that all physicians are bound by an ethical imperative to offer volunteer care for medically underserved populations. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(12):846-850. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.12.msoc1-0612.
Health Law Dec 2006 Intellectual Property and Access to Medicine for the Poor Tara Leevy, LLB, LLM Intellectual property laws promulgated by the World Trade Organization affect developing nations' access to life-saving medications. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(12):834-838. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.12.hlaw1-0612.
Health Law Sep 2008 Role of the Expert Witness in Sleep-Related Violence Trials Michel A. Cramer Bornemann, MD Argument that physicians called upon for expert testimony in court have an ethical duty to educate the jury by offering opinions based upon published, clinically based evidence and peer-reviewed medical literature. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(9):571-577. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.9.hlaw1-0809.
Medicine and Society Nov 2008 Patients Are Hardly Too Thin or Too Rich: Doctors' Preventive Medicine Duties Henry S. Perkins, MD Counseling patients about medical finances is a preventive medicine duty, much as weight-loss counseling is. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(11):750-755. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.msoc1-0811.
Case and Commentary Nov 2008 Balancing Health Promotion and Healing, Commentary 2 David Clive, MD How to resolve conflicts between hospital policy and the treatment recommendations for an individual patient. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(11):703-707. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.ccas2-0811.
Medicine and Society May 2007 Roman Catholic Ethics and the Preferential Option for the Poor Thomas A. Nairn, OFM, PhD The Catholic Church demonstrates a preferential option for the poor not only by providing charity but also by demanding justice for the poor. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(5):384-387. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.5.msoc2-0705.
Case and Commentary Dec 2007 On the Road: A Physician's Response to a Call for Voluntary Service James E. Kelley, PhD Fictional narrative of a physician who decides to leave the state for safety with his pregnant wife and son when a flu epidemic breaks out. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(12):806-810. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.12.conl1-0712.
Policy Forum Jan 2007 Setting Fair Prices for Life-Saving Drugs Bruce A. Chabner, MD and Thomas G. Roberts Jr, MD, MSocSci Two physicians examine the history of cancer drug pricing and the barriers to setting fair prices for life-saving cancer medications. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):38-43. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.1.pfor1-0701.