Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent History of Medicine May 2020 What Does the Evolution From Informed Consent to Shared Decision Making Teach Us About Authority in Health Care? James F. Childress, PhD and Marcia Day Childress, PhD Reliance on disclosure rather than understanding has prompted shared decision making and represents an important cultural change in clinical practice. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E423-429. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.423. History of Medicine May 2022 How Long Have Supplements Promised to Make Us Slim, Sexy, and Virile? Jorie Braunold, MLIS Consider the origins of America’s cosmetic and supplement industry and the advertising practices that sustain it. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E419-436. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.419. Letter to the Editor Jun 2023 Response to “Science and Ethics of ‘Curing’ Misinformation” Jamaji C. Nwanaji-Enwerem, MD, PhD, MPP Trust is a social condition that positions science to beneficially contribute to democratic societies. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E458-460. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.458. History of Medicine Dec 2009 The Rise and Fall of AIDS Exceptionalism Gerald M. Oppenheimer, PhD, MPH and Ronald Bayer, PhD The alarm generated by the AIDS epidemic left civil liberties proponents fearful that traditional public health responses might be imposed on newly susceptible or infected populations. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):988-992. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.mhst1-0912. 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. 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.
History of Medicine May 2020 What Does the Evolution From Informed Consent to Shared Decision Making Teach Us About Authority in Health Care? James F. Childress, PhD and Marcia Day Childress, PhD Reliance on disclosure rather than understanding has prompted shared decision making and represents an important cultural change in clinical practice. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(5):E423-429. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.423.
History of Medicine May 2022 How Long Have Supplements Promised to Make Us Slim, Sexy, and Virile? Jorie Braunold, MLIS Consider the origins of America’s cosmetic and supplement industry and the advertising practices that sustain it. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(5):E419-436. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.419.
Letter to the Editor Jun 2023 Response to “Science and Ethics of ‘Curing’ Misinformation” Jamaji C. Nwanaji-Enwerem, MD, PhD, MPP Trust is a social condition that positions science to beneficially contribute to democratic societies. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E458-460. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.458.
History of Medicine Dec 2009 The Rise and Fall of AIDS Exceptionalism Gerald M. Oppenheimer, PhD, MPH and Ronald Bayer, PhD The alarm generated by the AIDS epidemic left civil liberties proponents fearful that traditional public health responses might be imposed on newly susceptible or infected populations. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(12):988-992. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.mhst1-0912.
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.
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.