Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Sep 2006 Should Cost Be a Consideration in Palliative Care? Maria J. Silveira, MD, MA, MPH A physician argues that cost should not be a major consideration in a hospital's decision to provide palliative care services to patients. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(9):599-601. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.9.pfor1-0609. Policy Forum Feb 2005 What's Wrong with Quality of Life as a Clinical Tool? John S. Wyatt, MD, FRSPCH Some clinicians and researchers believe that quality-of-life measurements are flawed, and using them in clinical decision making is dangerous. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):183-186. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor1-0502. Health Law Jun 2005 A Physician's Role in Informing Family Members of Genetic Risk Faith Lagay, PhD Physicians are encouraged not to breach confidentiality by disclosing a patient's genetic information to their offspring or other family members. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(6):435-437. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.6.hlaw1-0506. Case and Commentary Jul 2005 Is Greenacres (Skilled Nursing Facility) the Place to Be? Commentary 1 Hasan Shanawani, MD, MPH Physicians should understand the ethical issues surrounding assisting patients who receive Medicare- and Medicaid-funded health care. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(7):469-473. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.7.ccas3-0507. Case and Commentary Jul 2005 When Diagnosis Becomes Unaffordable, Commentary 1 William Hensel, MD The theme editor introduces a special issue focusing on the challenges of patient access to health care. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(7):457-460. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.7.ccas1-0507. Case and Commentary Jul 2005 When Diagnosis Becomes Unaffordable, Commentary 2 Justin List, MAR The theme editor introduces a special issue focusing on the challenges of patient access to health care. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(7):460-463. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.7.ccas1-0507 Case and Commentary Jul 2005 Is Greenacres (Skilled Nursing Facility) the Place to Be? Commentary 2 Kathleen Nathan Lowe, MSW, ACSW, CMSW Physicians should understand the ethical issues surrounding assisting patients who receive Medicare- and Medicaid-funded health care. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(7):473-475. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.7.ccas3-0507. Medicine and Society Aug 2012 Will Personalized Medicine Challenge or Reify Categories of Race and Ethnicity? Ramya Rajagopalan, PhD and Joan H. Fujimura, PhD Developing technologies for personalized medicine may be misused to popularize the idea that one can infer a person’s genetic makeup from observer-defined or self-reported assignment to a race or ethnic group. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(8):657-663. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.8.msoc1-1208. Policy Forum Feb 2014 The Complex Relationship between Cost and Quality in US Health Care Leah A. Burke, MD and Andrew M. Ryan, PhD Many treatments are given to patients who have little to gain from them. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(2):124-130. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.2.pfor1-1402. Case and Commentary Jul 2001 Is It Covered or Not? Health Plans and Experimental Procedures Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(7):224-225. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.7.hlaw1-0107. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Current page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Policy Forum Sep 2006 Should Cost Be a Consideration in Palliative Care? Maria J. Silveira, MD, MA, MPH A physician argues that cost should not be a major consideration in a hospital's decision to provide palliative care services to patients. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(9):599-601. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.9.pfor1-0609.
Policy Forum Feb 2005 What's Wrong with Quality of Life as a Clinical Tool? John S. Wyatt, MD, FRSPCH Some clinicians and researchers believe that quality-of-life measurements are flawed, and using them in clinical decision making is dangerous. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):183-186. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor1-0502.
Health Law Jun 2005 A Physician's Role in Informing Family Members of Genetic Risk Faith Lagay, PhD Physicians are encouraged not to breach confidentiality by disclosing a patient's genetic information to their offspring or other family members. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(6):435-437. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.6.hlaw1-0506.
Case and Commentary Jul 2005 Is Greenacres (Skilled Nursing Facility) the Place to Be? Commentary 1 Hasan Shanawani, MD, MPH Physicians should understand the ethical issues surrounding assisting patients who receive Medicare- and Medicaid-funded health care. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(7):469-473. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.7.ccas3-0507.
Case and Commentary Jul 2005 When Diagnosis Becomes Unaffordable, Commentary 1 William Hensel, MD The theme editor introduces a special issue focusing on the challenges of patient access to health care. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(7):457-460. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.7.ccas1-0507.
Case and Commentary Jul 2005 When Diagnosis Becomes Unaffordable, Commentary 2 Justin List, MAR The theme editor introduces a special issue focusing on the challenges of patient access to health care. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(7):460-463. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.7.ccas1-0507
Case and Commentary Jul 2005 Is Greenacres (Skilled Nursing Facility) the Place to Be? Commentary 2 Kathleen Nathan Lowe, MSW, ACSW, CMSW Physicians should understand the ethical issues surrounding assisting patients who receive Medicare- and Medicaid-funded health care. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(7):473-475. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.7.ccas3-0507.
Medicine and Society Aug 2012 Will Personalized Medicine Challenge or Reify Categories of Race and Ethnicity? Ramya Rajagopalan, PhD and Joan H. Fujimura, PhD Developing technologies for personalized medicine may be misused to popularize the idea that one can infer a person’s genetic makeup from observer-defined or self-reported assignment to a race or ethnic group. Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(8):657-663. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.8.msoc1-1208.
Policy Forum Feb 2014 The Complex Relationship between Cost and Quality in US Health Care Leah A. Burke, MD and Andrew M. Ryan, PhD Many treatments are given to patients who have little to gain from them. Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(2):124-130. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.2.pfor1-1402.
Case and Commentary Jul 2001 Is It Covered or Not? Health Plans and Experimental Procedures Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2001;3(7):224-225. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2001.3.7.hlaw1-0107.