Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medicine and Society Dec 2011 The Rise and Impending Fall of Diagnosis as a Marker of Difference Matt Lamkin, JD, MA “See! It’s not all in my head!” Attaching a medical label to behaviors can reframe their social meaning. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(12):896-899. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.12.msoc1-1112. Medicine and Society Apr 2010 Media Portrayal of People Who are Obese John Whyte, MD, MPH Television portrayals of obesity can promote or reinforce negative perceptions of people who are obese, but can also be used to reduce this bias. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(4):320-323. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.4.msoc1-1004. Medicine and Society Nov 2019 How to Integrate Lived Experience Into Quality-of-Life Assessment in Patients Considering Facial Transplantation Laura L. Kimberly, MSW, MBE, Allyson R. Alfonso, Elie P. Ramly, MD, Rami S. Kantar, MD, Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, and Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD, DDS Facial transplantation must establish approaches to assessing QoL in candidates and recipients that use meaningful outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E980-987. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.980. Medicine and Society Oct 2019 Which Ethical Considerations Should Inform Hospice Decisions About Caring for Patients With Obesity? Chithra R. Perumalswami, MD, MSc, Brycin D. Hanslits, and Susan D. Goold, MD, MA, MHSA Current evidence suggests how hospice and palliative care clinicians can help advocate for high-quality, end-of-life care for patients with obesity. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E873-878. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.873. Medicine and Society Apr 2008 Immigrants and Organ Sharing: A One-Way Street Charu Gupta Unclear regulations and informal data gathering on immigrants who receive or donate organs can cause mistrust and suspicion of the organ allocation system and affect donation rates. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(4):229-234. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.4.msoc1-0804. Medicine and Society Feb 2009 The Double Helix and Double-Edged Sword: How the Public Thinks about Genes Jason Schnittker, PhD The implications of genetic explanations for behavioral traits such as violence and the public’s interpretations of them. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):155-160. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.msoc1-0902. Medicine and Society Nov 2008 Patients Are Hardly Too Thin or Too Rich: Doctors' Preventive Medicine Duties Henry S. Perkins, MD Counseling patients about medical finances is a preventive medicine duty, much as weight-loss counseling is. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(11):750-755. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.msoc1-0811. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3
Medicine and Society Dec 2011 The Rise and Impending Fall of Diagnosis as a Marker of Difference Matt Lamkin, JD, MA “See! It’s not all in my head!” Attaching a medical label to behaviors can reframe their social meaning. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(12):896-899. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.12.msoc1-1112.
Medicine and Society Apr 2010 Media Portrayal of People Who are Obese John Whyte, MD, MPH Television portrayals of obesity can promote or reinforce negative perceptions of people who are obese, but can also be used to reduce this bias. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(4):320-323. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.4.msoc1-1004.
Medicine and Society Nov 2019 How to Integrate Lived Experience Into Quality-of-Life Assessment in Patients Considering Facial Transplantation Laura L. Kimberly, MSW, MBE, Allyson R. Alfonso, Elie P. Ramly, MD, Rami S. Kantar, MD, Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, and Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD, DDS Facial transplantation must establish approaches to assessing QoL in candidates and recipients that use meaningful outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(11):E980-987. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.980.
Medicine and Society Oct 2019 Which Ethical Considerations Should Inform Hospice Decisions About Caring for Patients With Obesity? Chithra R. Perumalswami, MD, MSc, Brycin D. Hanslits, and Susan D. Goold, MD, MA, MHSA Current evidence suggests how hospice and palliative care clinicians can help advocate for high-quality, end-of-life care for patients with obesity. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E873-878. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.873.
Medicine and Society Apr 2008 Immigrants and Organ Sharing: A One-Way Street Charu Gupta Unclear regulations and informal data gathering on immigrants who receive or donate organs can cause mistrust and suspicion of the organ allocation system and affect donation rates. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(4):229-234. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.4.msoc1-0804.
Medicine and Society Feb 2009 The Double Helix and Double-Edged Sword: How the Public Thinks about Genes Jason Schnittker, PhD The implications of genetic explanations for behavioral traits such as violence and the public’s interpretations of them. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):155-160. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.msoc1-0902.
Medicine and Society Nov 2008 Patients Are Hardly Too Thin or Too Rich: Doctors' Preventive Medicine Duties Henry S. Perkins, MD Counseling patients about medical finances is a preventive medicine duty, much as weight-loss counseling is. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(11):750-755. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.msoc1-0811.