Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Health Law Dec 2004 What Counts as Expert Medical Testimony? Mollie E. O'Brien Medical standards of care and legal standards of reliability and relevance sometimes conflict in courtroom settings. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(12):554-557. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.12.hlaw1-0412. State of the Art and Science Mar 2003 Diagnosing Alcohol Abuse and Treating Withdrawal Syndrome Audiey Kao, MD, PhD Methods for diagnosing alcohol abuse among medical residents and treating alcohol withdrawal syndrome. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(3):91-93. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.3.cprl1-0303. Health Law May 2003 Can the Court Protect a Fetus from Maternal Harm? June M. McKoy, MD, MPH, JD When a pregnant woman is knowingly causing harm to her unborn child, there are various legal interventions that can be taken to protect the rights if the fetus. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(5):178-180. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.5.hlaw1-0305. Medicine and Society Oct 2003 Access to Mental Health Care: A Civil Rights Issue Ralph Ibson, JD Due to insurance company regulations, current restrictions on access to mental health care prevent many from obtaining needed care. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(10):460-462. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.10.msoc1-0310. Medicine and Society Jul 2024 How Should Harm Reduction Be Included in Care Continua for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder? Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH, Catherine J. Livingston, MD, MPH, and Ricky N. Bluthenthal, PhD Equity requires full access to evidence-based OUD care, housing stability, and education and employment opportunities. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(7):E562-571. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.562. Policy Forum Jul 2024 How Should the Use of Opioids Be Regulated to Motivate Better Clinical Practice? Ellen L. Edens, MD, MPE, MA, Gabriela Garcia Vassallo, MD, and Robert Heimer, PhD Reconsider regulatory and clinical frameworks for prescribing long-term opioid therapy for pain and prescribing opioids to treat OUD. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(7):E551-561. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.551. Case and Commentary Jul 2024 How Should Risks and Benefits of Short-Acting Opioids Be Evaluated in the Care of Inpatients With OUD? Kathryn A. Dong, MD, MSc and Katherine M. Duthie, PhD, HEC-C Severe withdrawal, risk of patient-initiated discharge, and some inpatients’ uses of substances prompt questions considered in this commentary. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(7):E512-519. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.512. Case and Commentary Jul 2024 When Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Gets Disrupted by Extra-Clinical Variables, How Should Clinicians Respond? Taleed El-Sabawi, JD, PhD and Kelly Gillespie, JD, PhD, RN Clinicians caring for patients with OUD should plan for possible disruptions of treatment caused by arrests and pretrial confinements. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(7):E520-526. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.520. Viewpoint Jul 2024 Opioid Epidemic Grief and Characterological Harm Reduction Christy A. Rentmeester, PhD Becoming callous, bitter, or resentful are harms we can suffer when grieving losses, especially at epidemic scale. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(7):E587-590. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.587. Health Law Jul 2024 What Should the US Learn From New York’s and Portugal’s Approaches to the Opioid Crisis? Maura McGinnity Some US localities are trying interventions modeled on international approaches to decriminalization. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(7):E546-550. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.546. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Current page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Health Law Dec 2004 What Counts as Expert Medical Testimony? Mollie E. O'Brien Medical standards of care and legal standards of reliability and relevance sometimes conflict in courtroom settings. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(12):554-557. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.12.hlaw1-0412.
State of the Art and Science Mar 2003 Diagnosing Alcohol Abuse and Treating Withdrawal Syndrome Audiey Kao, MD, PhD Methods for diagnosing alcohol abuse among medical residents and treating alcohol withdrawal syndrome. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(3):91-93. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.3.cprl1-0303.
Health Law May 2003 Can the Court Protect a Fetus from Maternal Harm? June M. McKoy, MD, MPH, JD When a pregnant woman is knowingly causing harm to her unborn child, there are various legal interventions that can be taken to protect the rights if the fetus. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(5):178-180. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.5.hlaw1-0305.
Medicine and Society Oct 2003 Access to Mental Health Care: A Civil Rights Issue Ralph Ibson, JD Due to insurance company regulations, current restrictions on access to mental health care prevent many from obtaining needed care. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(10):460-462. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.10.msoc1-0310.
Medicine and Society Jul 2024 How Should Harm Reduction Be Included in Care Continua for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder? Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH, Catherine J. Livingston, MD, MPH, and Ricky N. Bluthenthal, PhD Equity requires full access to evidence-based OUD care, housing stability, and education and employment opportunities. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(7):E562-571. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.562.
Policy Forum Jul 2024 How Should the Use of Opioids Be Regulated to Motivate Better Clinical Practice? Ellen L. Edens, MD, MPE, MA, Gabriela Garcia Vassallo, MD, and Robert Heimer, PhD Reconsider regulatory and clinical frameworks for prescribing long-term opioid therapy for pain and prescribing opioids to treat OUD. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(7):E551-561. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.551.
Case and Commentary Jul 2024 How Should Risks and Benefits of Short-Acting Opioids Be Evaluated in the Care of Inpatients With OUD? Kathryn A. Dong, MD, MSc and Katherine M. Duthie, PhD, HEC-C Severe withdrawal, risk of patient-initiated discharge, and some inpatients’ uses of substances prompt questions considered in this commentary. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(7):E512-519. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.512.
Case and Commentary Jul 2024 When Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Gets Disrupted by Extra-Clinical Variables, How Should Clinicians Respond? Taleed El-Sabawi, JD, PhD and Kelly Gillespie, JD, PhD, RN Clinicians caring for patients with OUD should plan for possible disruptions of treatment caused by arrests and pretrial confinements. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(7):E520-526. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.520.
Viewpoint Jul 2024 Opioid Epidemic Grief and Characterological Harm Reduction Christy A. Rentmeester, PhD Becoming callous, bitter, or resentful are harms we can suffer when grieving losses, especially at epidemic scale. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(7):E587-590. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.587.
Health Law Jul 2024 What Should the US Learn From New York’s and Portugal’s Approaches to the Opioid Crisis? Maura McGinnity Some US localities are trying interventions modeled on international approaches to decriminalization. AMA J Ethics. 2024;26(7):E546-550. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.546.