Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Is Proxy Consent for an Invasive Procedure on a Patient with Intellectual Disabilities Ethically Sufficient? Commentary 1 Stephen Corey, MD and Peter Bulova, MD Women with intellectual disabilities should not be sedated for a pap smear without their assent, and the test’s risks and benefits should be weighed. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):373-378. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas3-1604. Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Is Proxy Consent for an Invasive Procedure on a Patient with Intellectual Disabilities Ethically Sufficient? Commentary 2 Sonya Charles, PhD Women with intellectual disabilities should not be sedated for a pap smear without their assent, and the test’s risks and benefits should be weighed. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):379-383. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas3-1604. Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609. Case and Commentary Dec 2005 Media Attention to End-of-Life Cases, Commentary 1 Ware G. Kuschner, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(12):775-779. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.12.ccas1-0512. Case and Commentary Dec 2005 Media Attention to End-of-Life Cases, Commentary 2 John J. Paris, SJ, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(12):779-782. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.12.ccas1-0512. History of Medicine Apr 2013 Behavior Change in America: Public Health, Medicine, and Individual Counseling Anthony L. Schlaff, MD, MPH The causes of many health behaviors are deeply rooted in our culture, and using a counseling model that assumes individual control and responsibility for these behaviors can cause patients to feel hectored instead of helped. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(4):353-361. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.4.mhst1-1304. Case and Commentary Feb 2012 Protecting the Confidentiality of Sexually Active Adolescents Xiomara M. Santos, MD Doctors should do everything they can to protect an adolescent's confidentiality, but lying to the patient's parents is not acceptable. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):99-104. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.ccas2-1202. Case and Commentary Feb 2009 Youth Violence: Effective Screening and Prevention Lauren K. Whiteside, MD and Rebecca M. Cunningham, MD Physicians can manage and treat probable victims of gang violence without breaching the youth’s confidentiality. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):117-123. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.ccas3-0902. In the Literature Oct 2008 A Bias Observed? Janvier’s Claim of Prejudice against Premature Infants Patrick M. Jones, MD, MA There is some basis to believe that many people place newborns in a special moral category. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):643-646. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.jdsc1-0810. Medical Education Oct 2008 A Nonpaternalist Approach to Counseling Patients with Extremely Premature Delivery Patrick Catalano, MD and Katherine Singh, MD Communication and nonpaternalistic counseling are crucial to women delivering extremely premature infants. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):640-642. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.medu1-0810.
Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Is Proxy Consent for an Invasive Procedure on a Patient with Intellectual Disabilities Ethically Sufficient? Commentary 1 Stephen Corey, MD and Peter Bulova, MD Women with intellectual disabilities should not be sedated for a pap smear without their assent, and the test’s risks and benefits should be weighed. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):373-378. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas3-1604.
Case and Commentary Apr 2016 Is Proxy Consent for an Invasive Procedure on a Patient with Intellectual Disabilities Ethically Sufficient? Commentary 2 Sonya Charles, PhD Women with intellectual disabilities should not be sedated for a pap smear without their assent, and the test’s risks and benefits should be weighed. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(4):379-383. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.4.ecas3-1604.
Viewpoint Sep 2016 The Limits of Informed Consent for an Overwhelmed Patient: Clinicians’ Role in Protecting Patients and Preventing Overwhelm Johan Bester, MBChB, MPhil, Cristie M. Cole, JD, and Eric Kodish, MD Protecting patients rather than informed consent should be the goal when the complexity of information overwhelms patients’ decision-making capacity. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(9):869-886. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.9.peer2-1609.
Case and Commentary Dec 2005 Media Attention to End-of-Life Cases, Commentary 1 Ware G. Kuschner, MD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(12):775-779. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.12.ccas1-0512.
Case and Commentary Dec 2005 Media Attention to End-of-Life Cases, Commentary 2 John J. Paris, SJ, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(12):779-782. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.12.ccas1-0512.
History of Medicine Apr 2013 Behavior Change in America: Public Health, Medicine, and Individual Counseling Anthony L. Schlaff, MD, MPH The causes of many health behaviors are deeply rooted in our culture, and using a counseling model that assumes individual control and responsibility for these behaviors can cause patients to feel hectored instead of helped. Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(4):353-361. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.4.mhst1-1304.
Case and Commentary Feb 2012 Protecting the Confidentiality of Sexually Active Adolescents Xiomara M. Santos, MD Doctors should do everything they can to protect an adolescent's confidentiality, but lying to the patient's parents is not acceptable. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(2):99-104. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.2.ccas2-1202.
Case and Commentary Feb 2009 Youth Violence: Effective Screening and Prevention Lauren K. Whiteside, MD and Rebecca M. Cunningham, MD Physicians can manage and treat probable victims of gang violence without breaching the youth’s confidentiality. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(2):117-123. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.2.ccas3-0902.
In the Literature Oct 2008 A Bias Observed? Janvier’s Claim of Prejudice against Premature Infants Patrick M. Jones, MD, MA There is some basis to believe that many people place newborns in a special moral category. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):643-646. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.jdsc1-0810.
Medical Education Oct 2008 A Nonpaternalist Approach to Counseling Patients with Extremely Premature Delivery Patrick Catalano, MD and Katherine Singh, MD Communication and nonpaternalistic counseling are crucial to women delivering extremely premature infants. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):640-642. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.medu1-0810.