Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Viewpoint Nov 2004 Ethics, Education, and Integrative Medicine Victoria Maizes, MD and Randy Horwitz, MD, PhD Physician knowledge of complementary and alternative medicine can help patients make informed decisions regarding treatment plans. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(11):515-517. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.11.oped1-0411. Policy Forum Feb 2004 Addressing Paternalism with Patients' Rights: Unintended Consequences Felicia Cohn, PhD A bioethicist discusses how the need for patient autonomy and patients' rights can be fulfilled through strong patient-physician communication. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(2):106-109. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.2.pfor1-0402. Case and Commentary May 2004 Request for Unnecessary Prophylaxis Janet Keating, MD Physicians should not write prescriptions for unnecessary prophylaxis in response to patients' anxiety about a perceived threat of bioterrorism. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(5):209-210. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.5.ccas3-0405. Case and Commentary Jun 2004 Splitting the Difference: Patient Preference versus Conservation of Resources Robert L. Phillips, Jr, MD, MSPH Patients should not be obligated to change a successful prescription routine in order to save money. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(6):258-260. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.6.ccas2-0406. Case and Commentary Aug 2004 Physicians' Role in Physician-Assisted Suicide Discussions, Commentary 2 Paul Bascom, MD Physicians of patients who request physician-assisted suicide should not avoid the subject and should try to discuss the patients' specific concerns and fears with them. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):339-341. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.ccas1-0408. Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 1 Ronald Epstein, MD When a public health risk exists, a physician's obligations to warn those in potential danger overrides rules of patient confidentiality. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):485-488. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311. Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 3 Gregory W. Rutecki, MD When a public health risk exists, a physician's obligations to warn those in potential danger overrides rules of patient confidentiality. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):492-495. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311. Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 2 James C. Thomas, MPH, PhD When a public health risk exists, a physician's obligations to warn those in potential danger overrides rules of patient confidentiality. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):489-491. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311. Medicine and Society Feb 2004 Physician Autonomy, Paternalism, and Professionalism: Finding Our Voice Amid Conflicting Duties Geoffrey C. Williams, MD, PhD and Timothy E. Quill, MD Rules of managed health care and the demand for high physician productivity have harmed patients' ability to make informed, autonomous decisions. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(2):113-117. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.2.msoc2-0402. Viewpoint Apr 2004 Reevaluating the Social Contract in American Medicine Alan L. Wells, PhD A social contract between the medical profession and society has an ethical imperative to provide accessible health care to all. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(4):194-196. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.4.oped2-0404. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Current page 27 Page 28 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Viewpoint Nov 2004 Ethics, Education, and Integrative Medicine Victoria Maizes, MD and Randy Horwitz, MD, PhD Physician knowledge of complementary and alternative medicine can help patients make informed decisions regarding treatment plans. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(11):515-517. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.11.oped1-0411.
Policy Forum Feb 2004 Addressing Paternalism with Patients' Rights: Unintended Consequences Felicia Cohn, PhD A bioethicist discusses how the need for patient autonomy and patients' rights can be fulfilled through strong patient-physician communication. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(2):106-109. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.2.pfor1-0402.
Case and Commentary May 2004 Request for Unnecessary Prophylaxis Janet Keating, MD Physicians should not write prescriptions for unnecessary prophylaxis in response to patients' anxiety about a perceived threat of bioterrorism. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(5):209-210. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.5.ccas3-0405.
Case and Commentary Jun 2004 Splitting the Difference: Patient Preference versus Conservation of Resources Robert L. Phillips, Jr, MD, MSPH Patients should not be obligated to change a successful prescription routine in order to save money. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(6):258-260. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.6.ccas2-0406.
Case and Commentary Aug 2004 Physicians' Role in Physician-Assisted Suicide Discussions, Commentary 2 Paul Bascom, MD Physicians of patients who request physician-assisted suicide should not avoid the subject and should try to discuss the patients' specific concerns and fears with them. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):339-341. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.ccas1-0408.
Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 1 Ronald Epstein, MD When a public health risk exists, a physician's obligations to warn those in potential danger overrides rules of patient confidentiality. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):485-488. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311.
Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 3 Gregory W. Rutecki, MD When a public health risk exists, a physician's obligations to warn those in potential danger overrides rules of patient confidentiality. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):492-495. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311.
Case and Commentary Nov 2003 Please Don't Say Anything: Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship, Commentary 2 James C. Thomas, MPH, PhD When a public health risk exists, a physician's obligations to warn those in potential danger overrides rules of patient confidentiality. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(11):489-491. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.11.ccas2-0311.
Medicine and Society Feb 2004 Physician Autonomy, Paternalism, and Professionalism: Finding Our Voice Amid Conflicting Duties Geoffrey C. Williams, MD, PhD and Timothy E. Quill, MD Rules of managed health care and the demand for high physician productivity have harmed patients' ability to make informed, autonomous decisions. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(2):113-117. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.2.msoc2-0402.
Viewpoint Apr 2004 Reevaluating the Social Contract in American Medicine Alan L. Wells, PhD A social contract between the medical profession and society has an ethical imperative to provide accessible health care to all. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(4):194-196. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.4.oped2-0404.