Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent In the Literature Mar 2006 A Better IDEA for Communicating with Patients about Costs Richard M. Frankel, PhD and Terry Stein Physicians can help reduce the large number of patients who do not take their prescription drugs due to the high cost by proactively discussing the topic of drug costs during the clinical encounter and developing a plan for assistance. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(3):150-153. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.3.jdsc1-0603. 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. Case and Commentary Oct 2006 Coping with a Child's Conduct Disorder Sharon Hirsch, MD and Rebecca Sheffield A carefully constructed consent and treatment plan is outlined for a neglected and abused child hospitalized with a severe behavioral disorder. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):654-658. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.ccas3-0610. 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. 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 First, Do Not Punish: Individual Incentives in Health Policy Benjamin M. Howard Explanation of why penalizing health insurance subscribers who do not achieve wellness goals is unethical. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(11):719-723. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.conl1-0811. 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. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Current page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
In the Literature Mar 2006 A Better IDEA for Communicating with Patients about Costs Richard M. Frankel, PhD and Terry Stein Physicians can help reduce the large number of patients who do not take their prescription drugs due to the high cost by proactively discussing the topic of drug costs during the clinical encounter and developing a plan for assistance. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(3):150-153. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.3.jdsc1-0603.
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.
Case and Commentary Oct 2006 Coping with a Child's Conduct Disorder Sharon Hirsch, MD and Rebecca Sheffield A carefully constructed consent and treatment plan is outlined for a neglected and abused child hospitalized with a severe behavioral disorder. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):654-658. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.ccas3-0610.
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.
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 First, Do Not Punish: Individual Incentives in Health Policy Benjamin M. Howard Explanation of why penalizing health insurance subscribers who do not achieve wellness goals is unethical. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(11):719-723. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.conl1-0811.
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.