Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Prenatal Risk Assessment and Diagnosis of Down Syndrome: Strategies for Communicating Well with Patients Eva Schwartz, MD and Kishore Vellody, MD Physicians should provide women considering abortion after Down syndrome screening with unbiased information and not attempt to influence their decision. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):359-364. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas1-1604. Case and Commentary Feb 2012 Protecting the Confidentiality of Sexually Active Adolescents Xiomara M. Santos, MD Doctors should do everything they can to protect an adolescent's confidentiality, but lying to the patient's parents is not acceptable. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):99-104. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.ccas2-1202. Case and Commentary Jun 2009 Physicians' Duty to Be Aware of and Report Environmental Toxins, Commentary 2 Steven R. Kirkhorn, MD, MPH The physician’s duty extends beyond treating individual patients to reporting public health threats when they are identified. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(6):437-442. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.6.ccas2-0906.
Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Prenatal Risk Assessment and Diagnosis of Down Syndrome: Strategies for Communicating Well with Patients Eva Schwartz, MD and Kishore Vellody, MD Physicians should provide women considering abortion after Down syndrome screening with unbiased information and not attempt to influence their decision. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):359-364. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas1-1604.
Case and Commentary Feb 2012 Protecting the Confidentiality of Sexually Active Adolescents Xiomara M. Santos, MD Doctors should do everything they can to protect an adolescent's confidentiality, but lying to the patient's parents is not acceptable. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):99-104. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.ccas2-1202.
Case and Commentary Jun 2009 Physicians' Duty to Be Aware of and Report Environmental Toxins, Commentary 2 Steven R. Kirkhorn, MD, MPH The physician’s duty extends beyond treating individual patients to reporting public health threats when they are identified. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(6):437-442. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.6.ccas2-0906.