Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Dec 2006 Limits on Student Participation in Patient Care in Foreign Medical Brigades, Commentary 1 Naheed Rehman Abbasi, MD, MPH Sets the ethical limits of student participation in patient care when the students are part of foreign medical teams. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(12):808-811. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.12.ccas2-0612. Policy Forum Feb 2005 Quality of Life as the Basis of Health Care Resource Allocation: A Philosopher's Perspective on QALYs Richard E. Ashcroft, PhD A medical ethicist outlines the merits and limitations of using quality-adjusted life years measurements in health care decision making. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):195-199. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor4-0502. Policy Forum Feb 2005 The Oregon Plan and QALYs Fritz Allhoff A controversial Oregon plan used quality-of-life assessments to provide fewer health care services to a larger pool of Medicaid patients. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):187-190. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor2-0502. Policy Forum Feb 2005 Some Ethical Corrections to Valuing Health Programs in Terms of Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Erik Nord, PhD The conventional quality-adjusted life years approach to resource allocation has greater societal value if it is distributed among many rather than concentrated on a few, assuming that severity of illness is the same. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):191-194. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor3-0502. Case and Commentary Oct 2005 Too Much Information? Commentary 2 Kathryn M. Conniff and Ligia Peralta, MD Physicians should use appropriate language in their documentation of a patient's sexual history and be able to interpret the information. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(10):655-659. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.10.ccas2-0510. Case and Commentary Oct 2005 Too Much Information? Commentary 1 Christopher Kodama, MD Physicians should use appropriate language in their documentation of a patient's sexual history and be able to interpret the information. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(10):652-655. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.10.ccas2-0510. Medicine and Society Dec 2005 Physicians as Reporters in the Media: Meeting the Challenge of Patients' Needs for Better Information Sanjay Gupta, MD A physician reporter discusses his dual role as a public figure and educator on medical and heath care issues. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(12):819-822. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.12.msoc2-0512. Case and Commentary Mar 2004 HMO-Dictated Patient Discharge, Commentary 2 Linda MacDonald Glenn, JD, LLM The financial constraints of HMOs often conflict with physicians' medical decisions regarding patient care. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(3):112-116. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.3.ccas3-0403. Case and Commentary Mar 2004 HMO-Dictated Patient Discharge, Commentary 1 Lisa Anderson-Shaw, DrPH, MA, MSN The financial constraints of HMOs often conflict with physicians' medical decisions regarding patient care. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(3):112-116. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.3.ccas3-0403. Medicine and Society Oct 2004 Television on the Cutting Edge: Cosmetic Surgery Goes Prime-Time Leigh Turner, PhD Reality television programs that focus on cosmetic surgery show misguided viewers that such procedures are the key to emotional health and well-being. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(10):462-464. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.10.msoc1-0410. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Current page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Dec 2006 Limits on Student Participation in Patient Care in Foreign Medical Brigades, Commentary 1 Naheed Rehman Abbasi, MD, MPH Sets the ethical limits of student participation in patient care when the students are part of foreign medical teams. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(12):808-811. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.12.ccas2-0612.
Policy Forum Feb 2005 Quality of Life as the Basis of Health Care Resource Allocation: A Philosopher's Perspective on QALYs Richard E. Ashcroft, PhD A medical ethicist outlines the merits and limitations of using quality-adjusted life years measurements in health care decision making. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):195-199. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor4-0502.
Policy Forum Feb 2005 The Oregon Plan and QALYs Fritz Allhoff A controversial Oregon plan used quality-of-life assessments to provide fewer health care services to a larger pool of Medicaid patients. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):187-190. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor2-0502.
Policy Forum Feb 2005 Some Ethical Corrections to Valuing Health Programs in Terms of Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Erik Nord, PhD The conventional quality-adjusted life years approach to resource allocation has greater societal value if it is distributed among many rather than concentrated on a few, assuming that severity of illness is the same. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):191-194. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor3-0502.
Case and Commentary Oct 2005 Too Much Information? Commentary 2 Kathryn M. Conniff and Ligia Peralta, MD Physicians should use appropriate language in their documentation of a patient's sexual history and be able to interpret the information. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(10):655-659. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.10.ccas2-0510.
Case and Commentary Oct 2005 Too Much Information? Commentary 1 Christopher Kodama, MD Physicians should use appropriate language in their documentation of a patient's sexual history and be able to interpret the information. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(10):652-655. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.10.ccas2-0510.
Medicine and Society Dec 2005 Physicians as Reporters in the Media: Meeting the Challenge of Patients' Needs for Better Information Sanjay Gupta, MD A physician reporter discusses his dual role as a public figure and educator on medical and heath care issues. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(12):819-822. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.12.msoc2-0512.
Case and Commentary Mar 2004 HMO-Dictated Patient Discharge, Commentary 2 Linda MacDonald Glenn, JD, LLM The financial constraints of HMOs often conflict with physicians' medical decisions regarding patient care. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(3):112-116. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.3.ccas3-0403.
Case and Commentary Mar 2004 HMO-Dictated Patient Discharge, Commentary 1 Lisa Anderson-Shaw, DrPH, MA, MSN The financial constraints of HMOs often conflict with physicians' medical decisions regarding patient care. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(3):112-116. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.3.ccas3-0403.
Medicine and Society Oct 2004 Television on the Cutting Edge: Cosmetic Surgery Goes Prime-Time Leigh Turner, PhD Reality television programs that focus on cosmetic surgery show misguided viewers that such procedures are the key to emotional health and well-being. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(10):462-464. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.10.msoc1-0410.