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Sep 2014

Structural Competency Meets Structural Racism: Race, Politics, and the Structure of Medical Knowledge

Jonathan M. Metzl, MD, PhD and Dorothy E. Roberts, JD

The call for structural competency encourages medicine to broaden its approach to matters of race and culture so that it might better address both individual-level doctor and patient characteristics and institutional factors.

Virtual Mentor. 2014; 16(9):674-690. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.9.spec1-1409.

Medicine and Society

Oct 2013

Sanism and the Law

Michael L. Perlin, JD

Sanism, irrational prejudice against people with mental illness including erroneous and stereotypical beliefs, perverts legal proceedings involving the mentally ill.

Virtual Mentor. 2013; 15(10):878-885. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.10.msoc1-1310.

Case and Commentary

Oct 2003

Psychiatrist's Role in Involuntary Hospitalization, Commentary 1

Jennifer Bremer, MD

Psychiatrists face difficulties when deciding on treatment plans for patients who are not interested in receiving help or are lacking the capacity to make responsible decisions.

Virtual Mentor. 2003; 5(10):408-412. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.10.ccas2-0310.

Case and Commentary

Oct 2003

Psychiatrist's Role in Involuntary Hospitalization, Commentary 3

Robert Orr, MD

Psychiatrists face difficulties when deciding on treatment plans for patients who are not interested in receiving help or are lacking the capacity to make responsible decisions.

Virtual Mentor. 2003; 5(10):416-419. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.10.ccas2-0310.

Case and Commentary

Oct 2003

Psychiatrist's Role in Involuntary Hospitalization, Commentary 2

Roy Lubit, MD

Psychiatrists face difficulties when deciding on treatment plans for patients who are not interested in receiving help or are lacking the capacity to make responsible decisions.

Virtual Mentor. 2003; 5(10):413-415. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.10.ccas2-0310.