Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Aug 2003 Learning to Decide: Involving Children in their Health Care Decisions Sara Taub, MBe Physicians should take a graduated approach to including children in their health care decisions to improve their overall medical experience. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(8):336-338. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.8.pfor3-0308. Policy Forum Aug 2003 The Ethics of Research with Children Timothy F. Murphy, PhD Using children as research subjects is only ethical in very specific situations where the risk to the child is minimal. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(8):333-335. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.8.pfor2-0308. Policy Forum Feb 2004 Addressing Paternalism with Patients' Rights: Unintended Consequences Felicia Cohn, PhD A bioethicist discusses how the need for patient autonomy and patients' rights can be fulfilled through strong patient-physician communication. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(2):106-109. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.2.pfor1-0402. Case and Commentary May 2004 Request for Unnecessary Prophylaxis Janet Keating, MD Physicians should not write prescriptions for unnecessary prophylaxis in response to patients' anxiety about a perceived threat of bioterrorism. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(5):209-210. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.5.ccas3-0405. Case and Commentary Jun 2004 Splitting the Difference: Patient Preference versus Conservation of Resources Robert L. Phillips, Jr, MD, MSPH Patients should not be obligated to change a successful prescription routine in order to save money. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(6):258-260. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.6.ccas2-0406. Case and Commentary Aug 2004 Physicians' Role in Physician-Assisted Suicide Discussions, Commentary 2 Paul Bascom, MD Physicians of patients who request physician-assisted suicide should not avoid the subject and should try to discuss the patients' specific concerns and fears with them. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):339-341. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.ccas1-0408. Case and Commentary Apr 2003 The Patient-Parent-Physician Relationship, Commentary 1 Art Elster, MD A physician treating adolescents must look at non-physical causes of illness, and not let an opinionated parent make a diagnosis. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(4):115-118. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.4.ccas1-0304. Medicine and Society Feb 2004 Physician Autonomy, Paternalism, and Professionalism: Finding Our Voice Amid Conflicting Duties Geoffrey C. Williams, MD, PhD and Timothy E. Quill, MD Rules of managed health care and the demand for high physician productivity have harmed patients' ability to make informed, autonomous decisions. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(2):113-117. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.2.msoc2-0402. Viewpoint Apr 2004 Reevaluating the Social Contract in American Medicine Alan L. Wells, PhD A social contract between the medical profession and society has an ethical imperative to provide accessible health care to all. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(4):194-196. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.4.oped2-0404. Medicine and Society Apr 2004 Professionalism and Medicine's Social Contract with Society Sylvia R. Cruess, MD and Richard L. Cruess, MD An overview of the origins of the social contract between physicians and society, with expectations and demands on both parties. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(4):185-188. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.4.msoc1-0404. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Current page 24 Page 25 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Policy Forum Aug 2003 Learning to Decide: Involving Children in their Health Care Decisions Sara Taub, MBe Physicians should take a graduated approach to including children in their health care decisions to improve their overall medical experience. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(8):336-338. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.8.pfor3-0308.
Policy Forum Aug 2003 The Ethics of Research with Children Timothy F. Murphy, PhD Using children as research subjects is only ethical in very specific situations where the risk to the child is minimal. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(8):333-335. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.8.pfor2-0308.
Policy Forum Feb 2004 Addressing Paternalism with Patients' Rights: Unintended Consequences Felicia Cohn, PhD A bioethicist discusses how the need for patient autonomy and patients' rights can be fulfilled through strong patient-physician communication. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(2):106-109. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.2.pfor1-0402.
Case and Commentary May 2004 Request for Unnecessary Prophylaxis Janet Keating, MD Physicians should not write prescriptions for unnecessary prophylaxis in response to patients' anxiety about a perceived threat of bioterrorism. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(5):209-210. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.5.ccas3-0405.
Case and Commentary Jun 2004 Splitting the Difference: Patient Preference versus Conservation of Resources Robert L. Phillips, Jr, MD, MSPH Patients should not be obligated to change a successful prescription routine in order to save money. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(6):258-260. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.6.ccas2-0406.
Case and Commentary Aug 2004 Physicians' Role in Physician-Assisted Suicide Discussions, Commentary 2 Paul Bascom, MD Physicians of patients who request physician-assisted suicide should not avoid the subject and should try to discuss the patients' specific concerns and fears with them. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(8):339-341. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.8.ccas1-0408.
Case and Commentary Apr 2003 The Patient-Parent-Physician Relationship, Commentary 1 Art Elster, MD A physician treating adolescents must look at non-physical causes of illness, and not let an opinionated parent make a diagnosis. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(4):115-118. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.4.ccas1-0304.
Medicine and Society Feb 2004 Physician Autonomy, Paternalism, and Professionalism: Finding Our Voice Amid Conflicting Duties Geoffrey C. Williams, MD, PhD and Timothy E. Quill, MD Rules of managed health care and the demand for high physician productivity have harmed patients' ability to make informed, autonomous decisions. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(2):113-117. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.2.msoc2-0402.
Viewpoint Apr 2004 Reevaluating the Social Contract in American Medicine Alan L. Wells, PhD A social contract between the medical profession and society has an ethical imperative to provide accessible health care to all. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(4):194-196. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.4.oped2-0404.
Medicine and Society Apr 2004 Professionalism and Medicine's Social Contract with Society Sylvia R. Cruess, MD and Richard L. Cruess, MD An overview of the origins of the social contract between physicians and society, with expectations and demands on both parties. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(4):185-188. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.4.msoc1-0404.