Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Sep 2017 Surgery in Shackles: What Are Surgeons’ Obligations to Incarcerated Patients in the Operating Room? Sara Scarlet, MD and Elizabeth Dreesen, MD Shackling incarcerated surgery patients is unnecessary for safety and undermines patients’ trust. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(9):939-946. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.9.pfor1-1709. Policy Forum Nov 2008 Uncertainties in the Absence of Data: Use of Pravastatin in Young Children Anna Shifrin and Darshak Sanghavi, MD The AAP’s guidelines on lipid screening for children raise concerns about the fundamental purpose of prevention and its role in balancing individual autonomy with the benefits of society at large. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(11):747-749. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.pfor1-0811. Policy Forum Aug 2003 Learning to Decide: Involving Children in their Health Care Decisions Sara Taub, MBe Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(8):336-338. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.8.pfor3-0308. Policy Forum Aug 2003 The Ethics of Research with Children Timothy F. Murphy, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(8):333-335. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.8.pfor2-0308. Policy Forum Oct 2003 Psychotropic Medications and Criminal Defendants Robert M. Wettstein, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(10):455-459. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.10.pfor1-0310 Policy Forum Sep 2016 Shared Responsibility: Massachusetts Legislators, Physicians, and An Act Relative to Substance Use Treatment, Education, and Prevention Meghan Rudder, MD, Lulu Tsao, MD, and Helen E. Jack Massachusetts legislation limiting supply of first-time opioid prescriptions creates opportunity for interprofessional collaboration on drug policy. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):950-959. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.pfor2-1609. Letter to the Editor Oct 2017 Elder Self-Neglect: Another Ethical Dilemma for Physicians Nancy Lutwak, MD Cases of elder self-neglect require physicians to balance the patient’s wish for independence and the risks of poor self-care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1043-1046. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.corr1-1710. Policy Forum Aug 2020 Advocacy and Action to End the Opioid Epidemic by the AMA Opioid Task Force Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA and Bobby Mukkamala, MD Six recommendations focus on specific actions to help reverse the nation’s opioid epidemic. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E718-722. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.718. Letter to the Editor May 2007 Astonishingly Unethical Behavior Jared M. Davis A response to a March 2007 Virtual Mentor clinical pearl about the diagnoses made on the television show House. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(5):388-392. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.5.corr1-0705. Policy Forum Oct 2006 Parental Resistance to Childhood Immunizations: Clinical, Ethical, and Policy Considerations Nancy Berlinger, PhD, MDiv Physicians play an important role in educating parents about the social and medical consequences of refusing to have their children immunized. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):681-684. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.pfor1-0610. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Policy Forum Sep 2017 Surgery in Shackles: What Are Surgeons’ Obligations to Incarcerated Patients in the Operating Room? Sara Scarlet, MD and Elizabeth Dreesen, MD Shackling incarcerated surgery patients is unnecessary for safety and undermines patients’ trust. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(9):939-946. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.9.pfor1-1709.
Policy Forum Nov 2008 Uncertainties in the Absence of Data: Use of Pravastatin in Young Children Anna Shifrin and Darshak Sanghavi, MD The AAP’s guidelines on lipid screening for children raise concerns about the fundamental purpose of prevention and its role in balancing individual autonomy with the benefits of society at large. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(11):747-749. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.pfor1-0811.
Policy Forum Aug 2003 Learning to Decide: Involving Children in their Health Care Decisions Sara Taub, MBe Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(8):336-338. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.8.pfor3-0308.
Policy Forum Aug 2003 The Ethics of Research with Children Timothy F. Murphy, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(8):333-335. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.8.pfor2-0308.
Policy Forum Oct 2003 Psychotropic Medications and Criminal Defendants Robert M. Wettstein, MD Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(10):455-459. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.10.pfor1-0310
Policy Forum Sep 2016 Shared Responsibility: Massachusetts Legislators, Physicians, and An Act Relative to Substance Use Treatment, Education, and Prevention Meghan Rudder, MD, Lulu Tsao, MD, and Helen E. Jack Massachusetts legislation limiting supply of first-time opioid prescriptions creates opportunity for interprofessional collaboration on drug policy. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):950-959. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.pfor2-1609.
Letter to the Editor Oct 2017 Elder Self-Neglect: Another Ethical Dilemma for Physicians Nancy Lutwak, MD Cases of elder self-neglect require physicians to balance the patient’s wish for independence and the risks of poor self-care. AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(10):1043-1046. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.10.corr1-1710.
Policy Forum Aug 2020 Advocacy and Action to End the Opioid Epidemic by the AMA Opioid Task Force Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA and Bobby Mukkamala, MD Six recommendations focus on specific actions to help reverse the nation’s opioid epidemic. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(8):E718-722. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.718.
Letter to the Editor May 2007 Astonishingly Unethical Behavior Jared M. Davis A response to a March 2007 Virtual Mentor clinical pearl about the diagnoses made on the television show House. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(5):388-392. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.5.corr1-0705.
Policy Forum Oct 2006 Parental Resistance to Childhood Immunizations: Clinical, Ethical, and Policy Considerations Nancy Berlinger, PhD, MDiv Physicians play an important role in educating parents about the social and medical consequences of refusing to have their children immunized. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(10):681-684. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.10.pfor1-0610.