Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Apr 2010 What's Wrong with the U.S. Approach to Obesity? Barry M. Popkin, MS, PhD The U.S.’s and U.K.’s efforts to combat obesity reflect underlying differences in the two countries’ understandings of obesity’s causes. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(4):316-320. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.4.pfor2-1004. Case and Commentary Oct 2010 Cardiac Catheterization and Defensive Medicine Crystal E. Brown, MD and David R. Brush, MD Improved patient-physician communication is the only ethically risk-free kind of defensive medicine. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(10):786-789. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.10.ccas3-1010. Medical Education Dec 2009 HIV/AIDS Ethics Education Divya Ahuja, MD, Sabra Smith, MS, RN, and Charles S. Bryan, MD The University of South Carolina at Columbia School of Medicine integrated HIV ethics into its curriculum. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):953-957. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.medu2-0912. 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. Medical Education Dec 2009 How “Universal” Are Universal Precautions? Shilpa B. Rao, MD Guidelines to improve observance of universal precaution standards and reporting of needlestick injuries by medical students and resident physicians. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):949-952. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.medu1-0912. In the Literature Dec 2009 Ethics in Consent for HIV Testing Natalie Stein, MD There are advantages and disadvantages associated with requiring explicit testing for HIV. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):959-961. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.jdsc1-0912. Medicine and Society Mar 2010 Health Electives in Africa and the Duty to Care in the Age of HIV/AIDS Claire L. Wendland, MD, PhD The duty to care has specific definitions and implications for students planning global health electives. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(3):218-224. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.3.msoc1-1003. History of Medicine Mar 2010 Stigmatization Complicates Infectious Disease Management Phil Perry, MSJ and Fred Donini-Lenhoff, MA Afflicted individuals and racial or national groups have been stigmatized because of perceptions about highly contagious, difficult-to-cure diseases. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(3):225-230. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.3.mhst1-1003. State of the Art and Science Mar 2010 The WHO Clinical Staging System for HIV/AIDS Jennifer L. Weinberg and Carrie L. Kovarik, MD The WHO Clinical Staging System for HIV/AIDS allows physicians in resource-limited settings to make clinical decisions based on patient clinical features instead of laboratory tests. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(3):202-206. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.3.cprl1-1003. Medicine and Society Oct 2010 The Personal, Social, and Economic Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease Jane S. Jue, MD, MSc Personal, social, economic, and environmental factors all contribute to the increased incidence of cardiovascular disease in the United States. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(10):812-817. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.10.msoc1-1010. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Current page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Policy Forum Apr 2010 What's Wrong with the U.S. Approach to Obesity? Barry M. Popkin, MS, PhD The U.S.’s and U.K.’s efforts to combat obesity reflect underlying differences in the two countries’ understandings of obesity’s causes. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(4):316-320. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.4.pfor2-1004.
Case and Commentary Oct 2010 Cardiac Catheterization and Defensive Medicine Crystal E. Brown, MD and David R. Brush, MD Improved patient-physician communication is the only ethically risk-free kind of defensive medicine. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(10):786-789. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.10.ccas3-1010.
Medical Education Dec 2009 HIV/AIDS Ethics Education Divya Ahuja, MD, Sabra Smith, MS, RN, and Charles S. Bryan, MD The University of South Carolina at Columbia School of Medicine integrated HIV ethics into its curriculum. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):953-957. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.medu2-0912.
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.
Medical Education Dec 2009 How “Universal” Are Universal Precautions? Shilpa B. Rao, MD Guidelines to improve observance of universal precaution standards and reporting of needlestick injuries by medical students and resident physicians. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):949-952. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.medu1-0912.
In the Literature Dec 2009 Ethics in Consent for HIV Testing Natalie Stein, MD There are advantages and disadvantages associated with requiring explicit testing for HIV. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):959-961. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.jdsc1-0912.
Medicine and Society Mar 2010 Health Electives in Africa and the Duty to Care in the Age of HIV/AIDS Claire L. Wendland, MD, PhD The duty to care has specific definitions and implications for students planning global health electives. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(3):218-224. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.3.msoc1-1003.
History of Medicine Mar 2010 Stigmatization Complicates Infectious Disease Management Phil Perry, MSJ and Fred Donini-Lenhoff, MA Afflicted individuals and racial or national groups have been stigmatized because of perceptions about highly contagious, difficult-to-cure diseases. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(3):225-230. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.3.mhst1-1003.
State of the Art and Science Mar 2010 The WHO Clinical Staging System for HIV/AIDS Jennifer L. Weinberg and Carrie L. Kovarik, MD The WHO Clinical Staging System for HIV/AIDS allows physicians in resource-limited settings to make clinical decisions based on patient clinical features instead of laboratory tests. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(3):202-206. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.3.cprl1-1003.
Medicine and Society Oct 2010 The Personal, Social, and Economic Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease Jane S. Jue, MD, MSc Personal, social, economic, and environmental factors all contribute to the increased incidence of cardiovascular disease in the United States. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(10):812-817. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.10.msoc1-1010.