Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Feb 2010 Encouraging Teamwork to Decrease Surgical Complications Julie Ann Freischlag, MD Communication in the OR can be improved, decreasing adverse events by utilizing new technologies and giving younger staff members a central role. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(2):111-113. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.2.pfor1-1002. Policy Forum Dec 2011 Medicalizing Obesity: Individual, Economic, and Medical Consequences George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD Given the ever-rising costs associated the condition and its associated comorbidities, perhaps it's time to recognize obesity as a medical problem. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(12):890-895. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.12.pfor1-1112. History of Medicine Dec 2011 The Evolution of Addiction Medicine as a Medical Specialty David E. Smith, MD The medicalization of addiction has greatly improved identification, early intervention, and referral to appropriate treatment. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(12):900-905. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.12.mhst1-1112. Case and Commentary Jan 2010 Physicians and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses: The Supervisor-Employer Relationship Erin L. Bakanas, MD Conflicts of interest may arise when nurse practitioners employ physicians to supervise them. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(1):12-15. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.1.ccas2-1001. Art of Medicine Dec 2010 The Fourth “O” in Eye Care: Ocularists Michael O. Hughes, BCO The author provides an introduction to the work of ocularists, eye professionals whose work is to restore the appearance of a removed eye with custom-molded and painted prosthetics. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(12):950-954. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.12.imhl1-1012. 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. Viewpoint Apr 2010 Physician BMI and Weight Counseling Pamela M. Peeke, MD, MPH A BMI requirement for physicians would not necessarily increase primary care doctors’ effectiveness in providing weight counseling. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(4):331-334. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.4.oped2-1004. In the Literature Jan 2020 How Should the WHO Guide Access and Benefit Sharing During Infectious Disease Outbreaks? Nicholas G. Evans, PhD, Kelly Hills, and Adam C. Levine, MD WHO suggests doing research during outbreaks but says little about local researchers’ access to samples or subjects’ access to what’s learned. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E28-35. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.28. Policy Forum Jan 2020 How Should Global Health Security Priorities Be Set in the Global North and West? Abraar Karan, MD, MPH, DTM&H Epidemics can threaten everyone on earth, yet responses are not implemented in all regions to contain disease. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E50-54. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.50. Medicine and Society Jan 2009 The “Army of Lost Souls,” Commentary 2 Marilyn Cornell, MS, MSW The VA works with federal, state, and community agencies to ameliorate the homeless veteran problem and some of its causes. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(1):64-67. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.1.msoc1-0901. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Current page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Policy Forum Feb 2010 Encouraging Teamwork to Decrease Surgical Complications Julie Ann Freischlag, MD Communication in the OR can be improved, decreasing adverse events by utilizing new technologies and giving younger staff members a central role. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(2):111-113. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.2.pfor1-1002.
Policy Forum Dec 2011 Medicalizing Obesity: Individual, Economic, and Medical Consequences George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD Given the ever-rising costs associated the condition and its associated comorbidities, perhaps it's time to recognize obesity as a medical problem. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(12):890-895. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.12.pfor1-1112.
History of Medicine Dec 2011 The Evolution of Addiction Medicine as a Medical Specialty David E. Smith, MD The medicalization of addiction has greatly improved identification, early intervention, and referral to appropriate treatment. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(12):900-905. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.12.mhst1-1112.
Case and Commentary Jan 2010 Physicians and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses: The Supervisor-Employer Relationship Erin L. Bakanas, MD Conflicts of interest may arise when nurse practitioners employ physicians to supervise them. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(1):12-15. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.1.ccas2-1001.
Art of Medicine Dec 2010 The Fourth “O” in Eye Care: Ocularists Michael O. Hughes, BCO The author provides an introduction to the work of ocularists, eye professionals whose work is to restore the appearance of a removed eye with custom-molded and painted prosthetics. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(12):950-954. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.12.imhl1-1012.
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.
Viewpoint Apr 2010 Physician BMI and Weight Counseling Pamela M. Peeke, MD, MPH A BMI requirement for physicians would not necessarily increase primary care doctors’ effectiveness in providing weight counseling. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(4):331-334. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.4.oped2-1004.
In the Literature Jan 2020 How Should the WHO Guide Access and Benefit Sharing During Infectious Disease Outbreaks? Nicholas G. Evans, PhD, Kelly Hills, and Adam C. Levine, MD WHO suggests doing research during outbreaks but says little about local researchers’ access to samples or subjects’ access to what’s learned. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E28-35. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.28.
Policy Forum Jan 2020 How Should Global Health Security Priorities Be Set in the Global North and West? Abraar Karan, MD, MPH, DTM&H Epidemics can threaten everyone on earth, yet responses are not implemented in all regions to contain disease. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(1):E50-54. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.50.
Medicine and Society Jan 2009 The “Army of Lost Souls,” Commentary 2 Marilyn Cornell, MS, MSW The VA works with federal, state, and community agencies to ameliorate the homeless veteran problem and some of its causes. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(1):64-67. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.1.msoc1-0901.