Virtual Mentor. October 2007, Volume 9, Number 10: 661-734. Full Issue PDF

October 2007 Contents

Medicine, Ethics, and War

Ethics Poll

The goals of the medical profession and the military profession--and the duties those goals impose--are not incompatible. One person can serve in both professions at the same time.
Agree
Disagree

Service in noncombat military roles, in the U.S. Public Health Service Corps, or in similar national public health roles should be mandatory for all physicians because all physician training is financed, at least in part, by public dollars.
Agree
Disagree

Popular television ("24") and film ("Syriana") offerings depict violent, aggressive acts in the service of national defense. On balance, do you think these shows:
Are entertaining and exciting; one should not overthink this type of thing.
Make the point that defending the greater good sometimes demands violent action.
Glorify violence as an effective way to solve political differences.
I avoid this sort of "entertainment."

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From the Editor

The Physician's Role in Modern Warfare: An Ethical Accounting
Lhasa Ray
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Educating for Professionalism

Clinical Cases

Recruiting for Military Scholarship Programs on Medical School Campuses
Commentary by Justin M. List and Robert J. Walter
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Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9:667-675.

Physicians' Duties in Treating Wartime Detainees
Commentary by Wendy Orr
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Maintaining Medical Neutrality in Conflict Zones
Commentary by Stephen N. Xenakis and Yishai Ofran
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Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9:681-687.

Medical Education

Teaching Military Medical Ethics at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Edmund G. Howe
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Journal Discussion

Physician Obligations to Help Document the Atrocities of War
David Boren
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Clinical Pearl

A New Focus on Caring for Survivors of Extreme Violence
Richard F. Mollica
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Law, Policy and Society

Health Law

Informed Consent in the Military: The Anthrax Vaccination Case
Lee Black
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Policy Forum

Force-Feeding and Coercion: No Physician Complicity
Hernan Reyes
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Role of Physicians in Interrogations
Mark A. Levine
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Medicine and Society

The Physician as Healer, Citizen, and Soldier
Brian S. Carter
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Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9:712-714.

Physician-Soldier
Gary Schwartz
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History, Art and Narrative

History of Medicine

From Medical Neutrality to Medical Immunity
Michael L. Gross
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Op-Ed and Correspondence

Op-Ed

A Moral Obligation for Military Medical Service in the United States
Dominick A. Rascona
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Resources

Suggested Readings and Resources
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About the Contributors
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