Decision making/Autonomy

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    Case and Commentary
    Oct 2004

    The Unnoticed Mole

    Avram Kraft, MD
    Surgeons should not make medical decisions for a patient while the patient is under anesthesia.
    Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(10):436-437. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.10.ccas1-0410.
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    Case and Commentary
    Oct 2004

    The Reluctant Resident

    Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD
    Surgery residents should always answered truthfully when asked by patients about their experience with surgical procedures.
    Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(10):438-439. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.10.ccas2-0410.
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    Case and Commentary
    Feb 2004

    Paternalism, Commentary 1

    Anne Drapkin Lyerly, MD
    Physicians should not refuse to perform a medical procedure because of an emotionally charged reaction to the patients' behavior.
    Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(2):72-75. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.2.ccas1-0402.
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    Case and Commentary
    Feb 2004

    Paternalism, Commentary 2

    Barbara Katz Rothman, PhD
    Physicians should not refuse to perform a medical procedure because of an emotionally charged reaction to the patients' behavior.
    Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(2):76-77. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.2.ccas1-0402.
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    Case and Commentary
    Feb 2004

    When the Physician's Medical Judgment is Rejected, Commentary 1

    Kirsten G. Engel, MD
    Physicians must maintain a delicate balance between patient autonomy and preventing harm when faced with patients who refuse treatment.
    Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(2):78-81. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.2.ccas2-0402.
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    Medicine and Society
    Feb 2004

    Invoking Therapeutic Privilege

    Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH
    Physicians can ethically withhold information in situations where full disclosure of a diagnosis or treatment would cause great psychological harm to the patient.
    Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(2):110-112. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.2.msoc1-0402.
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    In the Literature
    Oct 2003

    Pro/Con: Outpatient Commitment for the Severely Mentally Ill

    Jacob Kurlander
    Some psychiatrists feel that outpatient commitment has a legitimate role in treating mentally ill individuals, especially those who are not even aware of their disease.
    Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(10):440-444. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.10.jdsc1-0310.
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    Policy Forum
    Oct 2003

    Psychotropic Medications and Criminal Defendants

    Robert M. Wettstein, MD
    Refusals of psychotropic medication by detained criminal defendants raise conflicting dual loyalties for psychiatrists between the duty to treat a patient and the duty to protect society from that patient.
    Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(10):455-459. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.10.pfor1-0310