Virtual Mentor: The Ethics of Obesity

Are obese people discriminated against? Is there a professional bias towards obese patients? These are very relevant questions that needs to be answered.

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Virtual Mentor. April 2010, Volume 12, Number 4: 253-356. Full Issue PDF

April 2010 Contents

Medical Ethics Confronts Obesity

From the Editor

Obesity Takes Center Stage
Fatima Cody Stanford
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:256-257.

here are some selections

Weight-Based Stigma and Physician Bias
Commentary by Lawrence J. Cheskin, Scott Kahan, and Gail Geller
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:258-262.

Does Pediatric Obesity Indicate Child Neglect?
Commentary by Todd Varness
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:263-267.

Weight-Related Denial of Insurance for an Infant
Commentary by Nancy F. Krebs
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:268-271.

Weight Bias in Health Care
Natasha Schvey
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:287-291.

Prenatal Screening and Abortion

More from the August 2009 issue of The American Journal of Bioethics. This asks an important question: Is it ethical to provide pre-natal diagnosis of congenital abnormalities when abortion is not an option?

Prenatal Diagnosis and Abortion for Congenital Abnormalities: Is It Ethical to Provide One Without the Other?
by Angela Ballantyne, Richard Ashcroft, Florencia Luna, Ainsley J. Newson
AJOB 2009; 9(8):48
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Open Peer Commentary

A Closer Look at the Abortion Debate in Iran
by Kiarash Aramesh
AJOB 2009; 9(8):57
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Prenatal Diagnosis and Abortion are Not in Conflict in Israel
by Ari Z. Zivotofsky, Alan B. Jotkowitz
AJOB 2009; 9(8):58
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From Iran to Latin America: Must Prenatal Diagnosis Necessarily Be Provided With Abortion for Congenital Abnormalities?
by Daniel Sperling
AJOB 2009; 9(8):61
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An Unjustified Exception to an Unjust Law?
by David Wasserman, Adrienne Asch
AJOB 2009; 9(8):63
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Does Prenatal Diagnosis Morally Require Provision of Selective Abortion?
by Diana Buccafurni, Pepe Lee Chang
AJOB 2009; 9(8):65
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Can, Should, Ought, Must
by Howard Trachtman
AJOB 2009; 9(8):67
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Prenatal Testing Can Be Advantageous Even When Abortion is Not an Option
by Alexander A. Kon
AJOB 2009; 9(8):69
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Abortion: Prohibitions and Exceptions
by Sheelagh McGuinness
AJOB 2009; 9(8):70
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