Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent In the Literature Jun 2023 Patient-Centered Approaches to Using BMI to Evaluate Gender-Affirming Surgery Eligibility Whitney Riley Linsenmeyer, PhD, RD, LD and Sarah Garwood, MD Body mass index cutoffs are routinely used to assess eligibility for gender-affirming surgeries, yet they are not empirically based. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E398-406. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.398. In the Literature Dec 1999 Doctoring Doctors and Their Families Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 1999;1(4):28-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.1999.1.4.jdsc1-9912. In the Literature Sep 2001 Physicians' Responsibility in the Face of Patients' Irrational Decisions Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(9):291-292. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.9.jdsc1-0109. In the Literature Jul 2014 What We Talk about When We Talk about Performance Enhancement Andrew Courtwright, MD, PhD Distinctions between treatment and enhancement, and between supposedly authentic and inauthentic tools, often inform judgments about what is morally acceptable in sport. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(7):543-546. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.7.jdsc1-1407. In the Literature Apr 2017 Forty Years since “Taking Care of the Hateful Patient” Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD and Peter R. Gunderman, MTS Clinicians should strive to see the dignity and humanity in patients characterized as “difficult” from a psychoanalytic perspective. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(4):369-373. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.4.nlit1-1704. 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. In the Literature Sep 2008 Language, Print Media, and Medicalization of Sleep Disorders Christian J. Krautkramer, MPH An explanation of the role sociologists believe the media have played in the medicalization of sleep disorders over the last 25 years. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(9):564-567. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.9.jdsc1-0809. In the Literature Aug 2004 Ethical Issues in the Application and Prescription of CNS Interventions Abraham P. Schwab, PhD A neuroscientist and a sociologist discuss the ethical concerns with common neurological medicines that are used to enhance or change behavior. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):347-349. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.jdsc1-0408. In the Literature Apr 2003 Who Is Being Difficult? Addressing the Determinants of Difficult Patient-Physician Relationships Michelle Lim The author analyzes various research that illustrate how strained physician-patient relationships can be improved. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(4):135-137. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.4.jdsc2-0304. In the Literature Apr 2003 Physicians' Responsibilities in the Face of Patients' Irrational Decisions Faith Lagay, PhD A strong line of communication between patient and physician is especially important when the patient refuses treatment or diagnostic tool. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(4):133-134. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.4.jdsc1-0304. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
In the Literature Jun 2023 Patient-Centered Approaches to Using BMI to Evaluate Gender-Affirming Surgery Eligibility Whitney Riley Linsenmeyer, PhD, RD, LD and Sarah Garwood, MD Body mass index cutoffs are routinely used to assess eligibility for gender-affirming surgeries, yet they are not empirically based. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E398-406. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.398.
In the Literature Dec 1999 Doctoring Doctors and Their Families Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 1999;1(4):28-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.1999.1.4.jdsc1-9912.
In the Literature Sep 2001 Physicians' Responsibility in the Face of Patients' Irrational Decisions Faith Lagay, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(9):291-292. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.9.jdsc1-0109.
In the Literature Jul 2014 What We Talk about When We Talk about Performance Enhancement Andrew Courtwright, MD, PhD Distinctions between treatment and enhancement, and between supposedly authentic and inauthentic tools, often inform judgments about what is morally acceptable in sport. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(7):543-546. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.7.jdsc1-1407.
In the Literature Apr 2017 Forty Years since “Taking Care of the Hateful Patient” Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD and Peter R. Gunderman, MTS Clinicians should strive to see the dignity and humanity in patients characterized as “difficult” from a psychoanalytic perspective. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(4):369-373. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.4.nlit1-1704.
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.
In the Literature Sep 2008 Language, Print Media, and Medicalization of Sleep Disorders Christian J. Krautkramer, MPH An explanation of the role sociologists believe the media have played in the medicalization of sleep disorders over the last 25 years. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(9):564-567. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.9.jdsc1-0809.
In the Literature Aug 2004 Ethical Issues in the Application and Prescription of CNS Interventions Abraham P. Schwab, PhD A neuroscientist and a sociologist discuss the ethical concerns with common neurological medicines that are used to enhance or change behavior. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):347-349. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.jdsc1-0408.
In the Literature Apr 2003 Who Is Being Difficult? Addressing the Determinants of Difficult Patient-Physician Relationships Michelle Lim The author analyzes various research that illustrate how strained physician-patient relationships can be improved. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(4):135-137. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.4.jdsc2-0304.
In the Literature Apr 2003 Physicians' Responsibilities in the Face of Patients' Irrational Decisions Faith Lagay, PhD A strong line of communication between patient and physician is especially important when the patient refuses treatment or diagnostic tool. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(4):133-134. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.4.jdsc1-0304.