Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Nov 2008 First, Do Not Punish: Individual Incentives in Health Policy Benjamin M. Howard Explanation of why penalizing health insurance subscribers who do not achieve wellness goals is unethical. Virtual Mentor. 2008; 10(11):719-723. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.conl1-0811. Medicine and Society Nov 2008 Patients Are Hardly Too Thin or Too Rich: Doctors' Preventive Medicine Duties Henry S. Perkins, MD Counseling patients about medical finances is a preventive medicine duty, much as weight-loss counseling is. Virtual Mentor. 2008; 10(11):750-755. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.msoc1-0811. State of the Art and Science Nov 2008 Managing Prehypertension David S. Hatem, MD Strategies to manage hypertension and prehypertension are available. Virtual Mentor. 2008; 10(11):735-739. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.cprl1-0811. Case and Commentary Feb 2007 Risks and Benefits of the New Medical Imaging Enterprise Judy Illes, PhD and Scott W. Atlas, MD A clinical case shows how medical commercialism poses risks to patients without symptoms who get full body scans. Screening for pre-morbid disease detection is valuable if implemented correctly but calls for physician caution. Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9(2):99-103. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.2.ccas3-0702. State of the Art and Science May 2007 Diagnostic Criteria for Persistent Vegetative State Daniel Dilling, MD The diagnostic and clinical criteria for diagnosing persistent vegetative state. Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9(5):359-361. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.5.cprl1-0705. Case and Commentary Jul 2007 Is the Surgery Necessary Now? The Surgeon's Conflict of Interest, Commentary 2 David Zientek, MD Conflicts of interest can be managed if physicians use described techniques to place patient interests above their own. Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9(7):479-482. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.7.ccas1-0707. Case and Commentary Jul 2007 Is the Surgery Necessary Now? The Surgeon's Conflict of Interest, Commentary 1 Howard Brody, MD, PhD Conflicts of interest can be managed if physicians use described techniques to place patient interests above their own. Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9(7):476-479. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.7.ccas1-0707. Medical Education Jul 2007 Evidence: An Input, Not an Answer Robert M. Centor, MD Evidence-based medicine can help guide a physician in the clinical encounter but should not replace physician judgment or experience. Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9(7):491-493. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.7.medu1-0707. State of the Art and Science Sep 2007 Preeclampsia: A Perturbation of the Maternal-Fetal Balance? Arun Jeyabalan, MD, MSCR Discussion of the risk factors, diagnostic signs, and treatment of preeclampsia and one of the possible hypothesis concerning its pathophysiology. Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9(9):620-624. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.9.cprl1-0709. Viewpoint Aug 2007 Practicing Evidence-Based and Culturally Competent Medicine: Is it Possible? Commentary 2 Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH and Megan Johnson Despite the possible conflict between evidence-based and cultural competence approaches to medical care, both embody the ideals of medical ethics. Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9(8):574-578. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.8.oped1-0708. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Current page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Case and Commentary Nov 2008 First, Do Not Punish: Individual Incentives in Health Policy Benjamin M. Howard Explanation of why penalizing health insurance subscribers who do not achieve wellness goals is unethical. Virtual Mentor. 2008; 10(11):719-723. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.conl1-0811.
Medicine and Society Nov 2008 Patients Are Hardly Too Thin or Too Rich: Doctors' Preventive Medicine Duties Henry S. Perkins, MD Counseling patients about medical finances is a preventive medicine duty, much as weight-loss counseling is. Virtual Mentor. 2008; 10(11):750-755. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.msoc1-0811.
State of the Art and Science Nov 2008 Managing Prehypertension David S. Hatem, MD Strategies to manage hypertension and prehypertension are available. Virtual Mentor. 2008; 10(11):735-739. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.11.cprl1-0811.
Case and Commentary Feb 2007 Risks and Benefits of the New Medical Imaging Enterprise Judy Illes, PhD and Scott W. Atlas, MD A clinical case shows how medical commercialism poses risks to patients without symptoms who get full body scans. Screening for pre-morbid disease detection is valuable if implemented correctly but calls for physician caution. Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9(2):99-103. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.2.ccas3-0702.
State of the Art and Science May 2007 Diagnostic Criteria for Persistent Vegetative State Daniel Dilling, MD The diagnostic and clinical criteria for diagnosing persistent vegetative state. Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9(5):359-361. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.5.cprl1-0705.
Case and Commentary Jul 2007 Is the Surgery Necessary Now? The Surgeon's Conflict of Interest, Commentary 2 David Zientek, MD Conflicts of interest can be managed if physicians use described techniques to place patient interests above their own. Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9(7):479-482. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.7.ccas1-0707.
Case and Commentary Jul 2007 Is the Surgery Necessary Now? The Surgeon's Conflict of Interest, Commentary 1 Howard Brody, MD, PhD Conflicts of interest can be managed if physicians use described techniques to place patient interests above their own. Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9(7):476-479. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.7.ccas1-0707.
Medical Education Jul 2007 Evidence: An Input, Not an Answer Robert M. Centor, MD Evidence-based medicine can help guide a physician in the clinical encounter but should not replace physician judgment or experience. Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9(7):491-493. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.7.medu1-0707.
State of the Art and Science Sep 2007 Preeclampsia: A Perturbation of the Maternal-Fetal Balance? Arun Jeyabalan, MD, MSCR Discussion of the risk factors, diagnostic signs, and treatment of preeclampsia and one of the possible hypothesis concerning its pathophysiology. Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9(9):620-624. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.9.cprl1-0709.
Viewpoint Aug 2007 Practicing Evidence-Based and Culturally Competent Medicine: Is it Possible? Commentary 2 Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH and Megan Johnson Despite the possible conflict between evidence-based and cultural competence approaches to medical care, both embody the ideals of medical ethics. Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9(8):574-578. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.8.oped1-0708.