Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Sep 2022 Roles of Environmental Services Workers’ Wages and Status in Patient Safety David Sine, DBioethics and Lloyd Duplechan This article offers a risk management standpoint on environmental services as a mission-critical function of any health care organization. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E876-882. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.876. Policy Forum Feb 2005 What's Wrong with Quality of Life as a Clinical Tool? John S. Wyatt, MD, FRSPCH Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):183-186. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor1-0502. 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 Apr 2023 How Should We Improve How Medical and Veterinary Students Learn About Human and Nonhuman Animals? Zoe Griffiths, MA and Jeff Sebo, PhD There are 5 things every clinician should know about why environmental threats matter to human and nonhuman animals’ health. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E272-277. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.272. Policy Forum Aug 2014 Expanding Humanities Training beyond Medical School Nicholas Kluesner, MD We must expand our efforts to integrate humanities training into premedical programs and graduate medical education. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(8):631-635. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.8.pfor1-1408. Policy Forum Jun 2011 Licensure of Complementary and Alternative Practitioners Michael H. Cohen, JD, MBA, MFA and Harry Nelson, JD Unlike the medical doctor’s “unlimited” license, CAM practitioners have “limited” licensure that carves out a designated scope of practice. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(6):374-378. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.6.pfor1-1106. Policy Forum Feb 2010 Encouraging Teamwork to Decrease Surgical Complications Julie Ann Freischlag, MD Communication in the OR can be improved, decreasing adverse events by utilizing new technologies and giving younger staff members a central role. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(2):111-113. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.2.pfor1-1002. Policy Forum Mar 2008 Research Funding Favors Allopathic Medications James Lake, MD Bias toward allopathic medicine in the research funding and publication of study results makes it difficult for physicians and others to find accurate data about the efficacy of non-Western, nonallopathic treatments. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(3):165-170. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.3.pfor1-0803. Policy Forum May 2007 The Principle of Double Effect and Proportionate Reason Nicholas J. Kockler, MS, PhD The principle of double effect and proportionate reason can be a useful way of assessing actions as moral or immoral. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(5):369-374. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.5.pfor2-0705.
Policy Forum Sep 2022 Roles of Environmental Services Workers’ Wages and Status in Patient Safety David Sine, DBioethics and Lloyd Duplechan This article offers a risk management standpoint on environmental services as a mission-critical function of any health care organization. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E876-882. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.876.
Policy Forum Feb 2005 What's Wrong with Quality of Life as a Clinical Tool? John S. Wyatt, MD, FRSPCH Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):183-186. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor1-0502.
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 Apr 2023 How Should We Improve How Medical and Veterinary Students Learn About Human and Nonhuman Animals? Zoe Griffiths, MA and Jeff Sebo, PhD There are 5 things every clinician should know about why environmental threats matter to human and nonhuman animals’ health. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(4):E272-277. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.272.
Policy Forum Aug 2014 Expanding Humanities Training beyond Medical School Nicholas Kluesner, MD We must expand our efforts to integrate humanities training into premedical programs and graduate medical education. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(8):631-635. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.8.pfor1-1408.
Policy Forum Jun 2011 Licensure of Complementary and Alternative Practitioners Michael H. Cohen, JD, MBA, MFA and Harry Nelson, JD Unlike the medical doctor’s “unlimited” license, CAM practitioners have “limited” licensure that carves out a designated scope of practice. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(6):374-378. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.6.pfor1-1106.
Policy Forum Feb 2010 Encouraging Teamwork to Decrease Surgical Complications Julie Ann Freischlag, MD Communication in the OR can be improved, decreasing adverse events by utilizing new technologies and giving younger staff members a central role. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(2):111-113. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.2.pfor1-1002.
Policy Forum Mar 2008 Research Funding Favors Allopathic Medications James Lake, MD Bias toward allopathic medicine in the research funding and publication of study results makes it difficult for physicians and others to find accurate data about the efficacy of non-Western, nonallopathic treatments. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(3):165-170. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.3.pfor1-0803.
Policy Forum May 2007 The Principle of Double Effect and Proportionate Reason Nicholas J. Kockler, MS, PhD The principle of double effect and proportionate reason can be a useful way of assessing actions as moral or immoral. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(5):369-374. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.5.pfor2-0705.