Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Apr 2010 What's Wrong with the U.S. Approach to Obesity? Barry M. Popkin, MS, PhD The U.S.’s and U.K.’s efforts to combat obesity reflect underlying differences in the two countries’ understandings of obesity’s causes. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(4):316-320. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.4.pfor2-1004. Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should Clinical Ethics Consultants Support Parents’ Decision Making? Katherine J. Feder, MS and Janice I. Firn, PhD, LMSW Rather than relying on decision aids, values-based approaches to decision making illuminate a plurality of possible right actions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E831-837. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.831. Medicine and Society Oct 2019 Which Ethical Considerations Should Inform Hospice Decisions About Caring for Patients With Obesity? Chithra R. Perumalswami, MD, MSc, Brycin D. Hanslits, and Susan D. Goold, MD, MA, MHSA Current evidence suggests how hospice and palliative care clinicians can help advocate for high-quality, end-of-life care for patients with obesity. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E873-878. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.873. Case and Commentary Jun 2009 Physicians' Duty to Be Aware of and Report Environmental Toxins, Commentary 1 Gina M. Solomon, MD, MPH The physician’s duty extends beyond treating individual patients to reporting public health threats when they are identified. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(6):434-437. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.6.ccas2-0906. In the Literature Oct 2011 Rousseau at the Roundtable: The Social Contract and the Physician’s Responsibility to Society Michael S. Sinha Physicians accept, and are held to, higher expectations and a more prominent social role than the average citizen. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(10):703-706. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.10.jdsc1-1110. Case and Commentary Jun 2009 Physicians' Duty to Be Aware of and Report Environmental Toxins, Commentary 2 Steven R. Kirkhorn, MD, MPH The physician’s duty extends beyond treating individual patients to reporting public health threats when they are identified. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(6):437-442. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.6.ccas2-0906. Policy Forum Oct 2009 Access and Conscience: Principles of Practical Reconciliation Lynn D. Wardle, JD With good planning and good will, medical professionals’ right of conscience and patients’ rights to controversial services can be both protected and accommodated. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(10):783-787. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.10.pfor1-0910. Case and Commentary Mar 2008 Duty to Warn and Dissociative Identity Disorder Michael A. Norko, MD How to treat a patient with a dissociative identity disorder and how to manage a threat made by one of the patient's personalities. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(3):144-149. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.3.ccas2-0803. Viewpoint Apr 2010 Physician BMI and Weight Counseling Pamela M. Peeke, MD, MPH A BMI requirement for physicians would not necessarily increase primary care doctors’ effectiveness in providing weight counseling. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(4):331-334. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.4.oped2-1004. Viewpoint Sep 2009 Unethical Protection of Conscience: Defending the Powerful against the Weak Bernard M. Dickens, PhD, LLP Professional obligation should override personal values when it comes to providing legal medical services. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(9):725-729. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.9.oped2-0909. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Current page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Policy Forum Apr 2010 What's Wrong with the U.S. Approach to Obesity? Barry M. Popkin, MS, PhD The U.S.’s and U.K.’s efforts to combat obesity reflect underlying differences in the two countries’ understandings of obesity’s causes. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(4):316-320. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.4.pfor2-1004.
Case and Commentary Oct 2019 How Should Clinical Ethics Consultants Support Parents’ Decision Making? Katherine J. Feder, MS and Janice I. Firn, PhD, LMSW Rather than relying on decision aids, values-based approaches to decision making illuminate a plurality of possible right actions. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E831-837. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.831.
Medicine and Society Oct 2019 Which Ethical Considerations Should Inform Hospice Decisions About Caring for Patients With Obesity? Chithra R. Perumalswami, MD, MSc, Brycin D. Hanslits, and Susan D. Goold, MD, MA, MHSA Current evidence suggests how hospice and palliative care clinicians can help advocate for high-quality, end-of-life care for patients with obesity. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(10):E873-878. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.873.
Case and Commentary Jun 2009 Physicians' Duty to Be Aware of and Report Environmental Toxins, Commentary 1 Gina M. Solomon, MD, MPH The physician’s duty extends beyond treating individual patients to reporting public health threats when they are identified. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(6):434-437. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.6.ccas2-0906.
In the Literature Oct 2011 Rousseau at the Roundtable: The Social Contract and the Physician’s Responsibility to Society Michael S. Sinha Physicians accept, and are held to, higher expectations and a more prominent social role than the average citizen. Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(10):703-706. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.10.jdsc1-1110.
Case and Commentary Jun 2009 Physicians' Duty to Be Aware of and Report Environmental Toxins, Commentary 2 Steven R. Kirkhorn, MD, MPH The physician’s duty extends beyond treating individual patients to reporting public health threats when they are identified. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(6):437-442. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.6.ccas2-0906.
Policy Forum Oct 2009 Access and Conscience: Principles of Practical Reconciliation Lynn D. Wardle, JD With good planning and good will, medical professionals’ right of conscience and patients’ rights to controversial services can be both protected and accommodated. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(10):783-787. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.10.pfor1-0910.
Case and Commentary Mar 2008 Duty to Warn and Dissociative Identity Disorder Michael A. Norko, MD How to treat a patient with a dissociative identity disorder and how to manage a threat made by one of the patient's personalities. Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(3):144-149. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.3.ccas2-0803.
Viewpoint Apr 2010 Physician BMI and Weight Counseling Pamela M. Peeke, MD, MPH A BMI requirement for physicians would not necessarily increase primary care doctors’ effectiveness in providing weight counseling. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(4):331-334. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.4.oped2-1004.
Viewpoint Sep 2009 Unethical Protection of Conscience: Defending the Powerful against the Weak Bernard M. Dickens, PhD, LLP Professional obligation should override personal values when it comes to providing legal medical services. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(9):725-729. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.9.oped2-0909.