Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Viewpoint May 2010 Character and the Plastic Surgeon Robert T. Grant, MD, MSc and Michael Sosin Role-modeling can shape and reinforce the personal qualities of exemplary plastic surgeons in trainees. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(5):418-421. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.5.oped1-1005. Case and Commentary May 2010 An Argument for Patient Autonomy in Elective Surgery Michael Van Vliet, MD and Joseph Rosen, MD A discussion of the ethics of performing anti-aging interventions for older patients. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(5):373-375. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.5.ccas3-1005. History of Medicine May 2010 Advertising Cosmetic Surgery Deborah A. Sullivan, PhD The use of advertisements for cosmetic surgery has fluctuated throughout the twentieth century. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(5):407-411. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.5.mhst1-1005. Podcast May 2010 Ethics Talk: Cosmetic Surgery - Is it Cheating? Our Society's Mixed Views about Cosmetic Surgery Virtual Mentor asked six "people on the street" in Chicago for their views about the personal and social effects of elective cosmetic surgery. Case and Commentary Sep 2010 Mandated Influenza Vaccines and Health Care Workers’ Autonomy Andrew C. Miller, MD and David W. Ross, MD, JD An opt-out policy for vaccinating health care workers against influenza may be more ethical and effective than mandated vaccination. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(9):706-710. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.9.ccas2-1009. Viewpoint Jun 2008 Medical Care for the Elderly: Should Limits Be Set? Commentary 2 Kenneth Prager, MD The current Medicare operation—reimbursing medical goods and services to a growing number of people without basing the reimbursement benefit on the actual cost of the services—is unsustainable, but there are some possible remedies. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(6):407-410. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.6.oped1-0806. In the Literature Jun 2007 Cosmetic Psychopharmacology and the Goals of Medicine Erica K. Rangel A look at Pamela Bjorkland’s critique of the use of psychoactive drugs to improve mood, a practice known as cosmetic psychopharmacology. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(6):428-432. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.6.jdsc1-0706. Medicine and Society Jun 2024 How to Mitigate Community Harms of Antibacterial Resistance With Patient-Centered Care Chelsea Modlin, MD Merits of more antimicrobial prescription oversight should be weighed against risks to patients and communities of untreatable bacterial infections. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(6):E494-501. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.494. Case and Commentary Jun 2024 When Should Patients at the End of Life Get Antimicrobials? Noah Boton, MD and Jeffrey Larnard, MD Some clinicians might neglect discussing benefits and harms of antimicrobials with their patients during advance care planning processes. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(6):E456-462. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.456. Case and Commentary Jun 2024 How Should Clinicians Navigate Interprofessional Tension in Their Roles as Antimicrobial Stewards? James B. Cutrell, MD and James M. Sanders, PhD, PharmD This commentary on a case describes need for clinician collaboration to optimize therapeutic use of antimicrobials in clinical settings. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(6):E441-447. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.441. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Current page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Viewpoint May 2010 Character and the Plastic Surgeon Robert T. Grant, MD, MSc and Michael Sosin Role-modeling can shape and reinforce the personal qualities of exemplary plastic surgeons in trainees. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(5):418-421. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.5.oped1-1005.
Case and Commentary May 2010 An Argument for Patient Autonomy in Elective Surgery Michael Van Vliet, MD and Joseph Rosen, MD A discussion of the ethics of performing anti-aging interventions for older patients. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(5):373-375. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.5.ccas3-1005.
History of Medicine May 2010 Advertising Cosmetic Surgery Deborah A. Sullivan, PhD The use of advertisements for cosmetic surgery has fluctuated throughout the twentieth century. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(5):407-411. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.5.mhst1-1005.
Podcast May 2010 Ethics Talk: Cosmetic Surgery - Is it Cheating? Our Society's Mixed Views about Cosmetic Surgery Virtual Mentor asked six "people on the street" in Chicago for their views about the personal and social effects of elective cosmetic surgery.
Case and Commentary Sep 2010 Mandated Influenza Vaccines and Health Care Workers’ Autonomy Andrew C. Miller, MD and David W. Ross, MD, JD An opt-out policy for vaccinating health care workers against influenza may be more ethical and effective than mandated vaccination. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(9):706-710. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.9.ccas2-1009.
Viewpoint Jun 2008 Medical Care for the Elderly: Should Limits Be Set? Commentary 2 Kenneth Prager, MD The current Medicare operation—reimbursing medical goods and services to a growing number of people without basing the reimbursement benefit on the actual cost of the services—is unsustainable, but there are some possible remedies. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(6):407-410. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.6.oped1-0806.
In the Literature Jun 2007 Cosmetic Psychopharmacology and the Goals of Medicine Erica K. Rangel A look at Pamela Bjorkland’s critique of the use of psychoactive drugs to improve mood, a practice known as cosmetic psychopharmacology. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(6):428-432. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.6.jdsc1-0706.
Medicine and Society Jun 2024 How to Mitigate Community Harms of Antibacterial Resistance With Patient-Centered Care Chelsea Modlin, MD Merits of more antimicrobial prescription oversight should be weighed against risks to patients and communities of untreatable bacterial infections. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(6):E494-501. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.494.
Case and Commentary Jun 2024 When Should Patients at the End of Life Get Antimicrobials? Noah Boton, MD and Jeffrey Larnard, MD Some clinicians might neglect discussing benefits and harms of antimicrobials with their patients during advance care planning processes. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(6):E456-462. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.456.
Case and Commentary Jun 2024 How Should Clinicians Navigate Interprofessional Tension in Their Roles as Antimicrobial Stewards? James B. Cutrell, MD and James M. Sanders, PhD, PharmD This commentary on a case describes need for clinician collaboration to optimize therapeutic use of antimicrobials in clinical settings. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(6):E441-447. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.441.