Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Health Law Jun 2023 What’s Wrong With Criminalizing Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender Adolescents? Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE This article canvasses states’ legal prohibitions and challenges to them and considers consequences for clinicians and patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E414-420. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.414. 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. 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. Medical Education Jan 2007 Teaching Smoking Cessation in US Medical Schools: A Long Way to Go Alan C. Geller, MPH, RN and Catherine A. Powers, EdD, LSW Teaching about tobacco cessation interventions should be integrated into the medical school curriculum. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):21-25. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.1.medu1-0701.
Health Law Jun 2023 What’s Wrong With Criminalizing Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender Adolescents? Scott J. Schweikart, JD, MBE This article canvasses states’ legal prohibitions and challenges to them and considers consequences for clinicians and patients. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(6):E414-420. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.414.
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.
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.
Medical Education Jan 2007 Teaching Smoking Cessation in US Medical Schools: A Long Way to Go Alan C. Geller, MPH, RN and Catherine A. Powers, EdD, LSW Teaching about tobacco cessation interventions should be integrated into the medical school curriculum. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(1):21-25. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.1.medu1-0701.