Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010. Policy Forum Dec 2020 What Should We Do About the Mismatch Between Legal Criteria for Death and How Brain Death Is Diagnosed? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Criteria in statutes and tests used to diagnose brain death don’t always jibe, and this can undermine public trust in death pronouncements. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1038-1046. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1038. Health Law Mar 2005 Must Doctors Report Underage Sex as Abuse? Kate Karas Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(3):234-238. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.3.hlaw1-0503. Policy Forum Mar 2005 Confidentiality and Consent in Adolescent Substance Abuse: An Update Melissa Weddle, MD, MPH and Patricia K. Kokotailo, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(3):239-243. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.3.pfor1-0503. Case and Commentary May 2007 The Hard Case of Palliative Sedation Eran Klein, MD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(5):345-349. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.5.ccas3-0705. Case and Commentary Oct 2009 The Patient Who Says He Is Ready to Die Margaret Tarpley, MLS and John Tarpley, MD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(10):761-765. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.10.ccas3-0910. Case and Commentary Oct 2008 Physician and Parental Decision Making in Newborn Resuscitation, Commentary 2 Frank A. Chervenak, MD and Laurence B. McCullough, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):620-624. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.ccas1-0810. Case and Commentary Jan 2004 Physician Activism and Civil Disobedience, Commentary 2 Barry DeCoster, MA Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(1):20-23. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.1.ccas3-0401. Medicine and Society Oct 2012 Adolescents’ Right to Consent to Reproductive Medical Care: Balancing Respect for Families with Public Health Goals Margaret Moon, MD, MPH Preventing bad outcomes for teens and their offspring was the impetus behind confidential care for reproductive health. Requiring parental involvement created an obstacle to the provision of necessary care. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(10):805-808. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.10.msoc1-1210. 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. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010.
Policy Forum Dec 2020 What Should We Do About the Mismatch Between Legal Criteria for Death and How Brain Death Is Diagnosed? Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and James L. Bernat, MD Criteria in statutes and tests used to diagnose brain death don’t always jibe, and this can undermine public trust in death pronouncements. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1038-1046. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1038.
Health Law Mar 2005 Must Doctors Report Underage Sex as Abuse? Kate Karas Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(3):234-238. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.3.hlaw1-0503.
Policy Forum Mar 2005 Confidentiality and Consent in Adolescent Substance Abuse: An Update Melissa Weddle, MD, MPH and Patricia K. Kokotailo, MD, MPH Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(3):239-243. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.3.pfor1-0503.
Case and Commentary May 2007 The Hard Case of Palliative Sedation Eran Klein, MD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(5):345-349. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.5.ccas3-0705.
Case and Commentary Oct 2009 The Patient Who Says He Is Ready to Die Margaret Tarpley, MLS and John Tarpley, MD Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(10):761-765. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.10.ccas3-0910.
Case and Commentary Oct 2008 Physician and Parental Decision Making in Newborn Resuscitation, Commentary 2 Frank A. Chervenak, MD and Laurence B. McCullough, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2008;10(10):620-624. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.10.ccas1-0810.
Case and Commentary Jan 2004 Physician Activism and Civil Disobedience, Commentary 2 Barry DeCoster, MA Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(1):20-23. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.1.ccas3-0401.
Medicine and Society Oct 2012 Adolescents’ Right to Consent to Reproductive Medical Care: Balancing Respect for Families with Public Health Goals Margaret Moon, MD, MPH Preventing bad outcomes for teens and their offspring was the impetus behind confidential care for reproductive health. Requiring parental involvement created an obstacle to the provision of necessary care. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(10):805-808. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.10.msoc1-1210.
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.