Virtual Mentor. April 2004, Volume 6, Number 4.

April 2004 Contents

Medicine and the Social Contract

Ethics Poll

Does each physician have a professional responsibility to do pro bono work?
Yes
No

Does each physician have a professional responsibility to advocate for changes he or she thinks will improve the health of the public?
Yes
No

Is it ethical for a physician to not mention diagnostic treatment services that the patient's health plan does not cover?
Always
Sometimes
Never

Is a physician who has a "concierge" or retainer practice (ie fewer patients who pay an annual retainer fee and receive more personalized care), fulfilling his or her role in the profession's contract with society?
Always
Sometimes
Never

View results

From the Editor

"Sign on the Dotted Line"
David R. Block
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Educating for Professionalism

Clinical Cases

Rationing of Intensive Home Dialysis
Commentary by Mandy Garber and Robert M. Arnold
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Peer Reporting of Suspected Physician Misconduct
Commentary by Nancy H. Nielsen
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Physician Service to the Underserved
Commentary by Jack P. Freer
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Retainer Practice: Scientific, Social Justice, and Ethical Perspectives
Commentary by Martin T. Donohoe
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Journal Discussion

Physicians as Citizens
Philip Perry
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Can Medicare Keep Its Contract?
Azza M. Jayaprakash
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Clinical Pearl

Prospects for Daily Nocturnal Hemodialysis (DNHD)
Christopher D. Hoy
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Law, Policy, and Society

Health Law

Good Samaritan Statutes: Are Medical Volunteers Protected?
Cameron DeGuerre
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Medicine and Society

Professionalism and Medicine's Social Contract with Society
Sylvia R. Cruess and Richard L. Cruess
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The Physician's Role in Society: Enhancing the Health of Individuals and the Public
Alan H. Lockwood
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Op-Ed and Correspondence

Op-Ed

Global Health Equity
Paul Farmer
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Reevaluating the Social Contract in American Medicine
Alan L. Wells
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Resources

Suggested Readings and Resources
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Test Questions
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About the Contributors
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