Professionalism/Duty to treat

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    Personal Narrative
    Dec 2006

    Albert Schweitzer: His Experience and Example

    Jennifer Kasten, MSc
    Albert Schweitzer's career as a pioneer medical missionary in Africa stands as an example for today's physicians.
    Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(12):859-862. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.12.mhum1-0612.
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    Case and Commentary
    Jul 2006

    Can Healers Have Private Lives? Commentary 1

    Alexia M. Torke, MD and G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS
    A group of physicians offer commentary about the importance of maintaining an appropriate work-life balance.
    Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(7):441-445. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.7.ccas1-0607.
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    Case and Commentary
    Jul 2006

    Can Healers Have Private Lives? Commentary 2

    Howard Liu, MD and Michelle B. Riba, MD, MS
    A group of physicians offer commentary about the importance of maintaining an appropriate work-life balance.
    Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(7):445-448. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.7.ccas1-0607.
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    Medicine and Society
    May 2006

    Obligation To Provide Services: A Physician-Public Defender Comparison

    June M. McKoy, MD, MPH, JD
    A physician attorney argues that the best way to ensure that physicians don't refuse to treat patients is to create a system in which their medical education is fully funded and they must repay a debt to society.
    Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(5):332-334. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.5.msoc1-0605.
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    Medicine and Society
    May 2006

    Professional Demands and Religious Observance

    Mahendr S. Kochar, MD
    Physicians should not allow their religious beliefs to influence their clinical judgment or the time they spend with patients.
    Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(5):335-336. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.5.msoc2-0605.
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    Case and Commentary
    Apr 2006

    Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Physician in Time of Crisis, Commentary 1

    Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH
    Clinical case examines physicians’ duties and risks during an epidemic. Commentaries address physician’s rights vs patients’ rights. Does the duty to treat always override personal or family concerns?
    Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(4):208-212. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.4.ccas3-0604.
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    Case and Commentary
    Apr 2006

    Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Physician in Time of Crisis, Commentary 2

    John Wadleigh, DO
    Clinical case examines physicians’ duties and risks during an epidemic. Commentaries address physician’s rights vs patients’ rights. Does the duty to treat always override personal or family concerns?
    Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(4):212-213. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.4.ccas3-0604.
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    Case and Commentary
    May 2004

    Duty to Treat versus Personal Safety, Commentary 1

    Mark T. Hughes, MD, MA
    Physicians have an ethical responsibility to treat patients even at the risk of their own personal safety.
    Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(5):201-203. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.5.ccas1-0405.
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    Case and Commentary
    May 2004

    Duty to Treat versus Personal Safety, Commentary 2

    David Marcozzi, MD
    Physicians have an ethical responsibility to treat patients even at the risk of their own personal safety.
    Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(5):203-205. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.5.ccas1-0405.