Philip Martin Rosoff

Journal article HEC Forum · September 2013 Featured Publication For many years a debate has raged over what constitutes futile medical care, if patients have a right to demand what doctors label as futile, and whether physicians should be obliged to provide treatments that they think are inappropriate. More recently, t ... Full text Link to item Cite

The legal authority of mature minors to consent to general medical treatment.

Journal article Pediatrics · April 2013 Featured Publication The nature and scope of mature adolescents' legal authority to consent to general medical treatment without parental involvement is often misrepresented by commentators. This state of affairs is further complicated by the law itself, which has developed a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Coping with critical drug shortages: an ethical approach for allocating scarce resources in hospitals.

Journal article Arch Intern Med · October 22, 2012 Featured Publication The number of critical medication shortages in the United States has reached an unprecedented level, requiring decisions about allocating limited drug supplies. Ad hoc decisions are susceptible to arbitrary judgments, revealing preformed biases for or agai ... Full text Link to item Cite

The myth of genetic enhancement.

Journal article Theor Med Bioeth · June 2012 Featured Publication The ongoing revolution in molecular genetics has led many to speculate that one day we will be able to change the expression or phenotype of numerous complex traits to improve ourselves in many different ways. The prospect of genetic enhancements has gener ... Full text Link to item Cite

Competing duties: medical educators, underperforming students, and social accountability.

Journal article J Bioeth Inq · June 2012 Featured Publication Over the last 80 years, a major goal of medical educators has been to improve the quality of applicants to medical school and, hence, the resulting doctors. To do this, academic standards have been progressively strengthened. The Medical College Admission ... Full text Link to item Cite

Unpredictable drug shortages: an ethical framework for short-term rationing in hospitals.

Journal article Am J Bioeth · 2012 Featured Publication Periodic and unexpected shortages of drugs, biologics, and even medical devices have become commonplace in the United States. When shortages occur, hospitals and clinics need to decide how to ration their available stock. When such situations arise, instit ... Full text Link to item Cite

I'll be a monkey's uncle: a moral challenge to human genetic enhancement research.

Journal article J Med Ethics · October 2011 Featured Publication The potential for genetic engineering of enhancements to complex human traits has been the subject of vigorous debate for a number of years. Most of the discussion has centered on the possible moral consequences of pursuing enhancements, especially those t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Preparing for an influenza pandemic: are some people more equal than others?

Journal article J Health Care Poor Underserved · August 2011 Featured Publication CONTEXT: Planning for a severe influenza pandemic entails facing many substantive public health challenges, especially in the area of the distribution of insufficient supplies of materials and personnel. It is anticipated that rationing of health care reso ... Full text Link to item Cite

Is medical ethics education effective?

Journal article J Med Liban · 2011 Featured Publication Link to item Cite

Should palliative care be a necessity or a luxury during an overwhelming health catastrophe?

Journal article J Clin Ethics · 2010 Featured Publication In the event of a widespread health catastrophe in which either or both human and material resources were in critically short supply, rationing must take place, especially if the scarcity will last for some time. There are several tested allocation methods ... Link to item Cite

Is there a duty to inform patients of phase I trials?

Journal article Virtual Mentor · March 1, 2009 Featured Publication Full text Link to item Cite

Physician responsibility for patients' quality of life.

Journal article Virtual Mentor · June 1, 2008 Featured Publication Full text Link to item Cite

Perspective roundtable: lethal injection.

Journal article N Engl J Med · May 15, 2008 Featured Publication Full text Link to item Cite

The ethics of care: social workers in an influenza pandemic.

Journal article Soc Work Health Care · 2008 Featured Publication Many healthcare organizations and government agencies are making detailed preparations for the possibility of a pandemic of highly virulent influenza. All plans to date have recognized that there will undoubtedly be a greater need for medical resources tha ... Full text Link to item Cite

The two-edged sword of curing childhood cancer.

Journal article N Engl J Med · October 12, 2006 Featured Publication Full text Link to item Cite

A central role for palliative care in an influenza pandemic.

Journal article J Palliat Med · October 2006 Featured Publication Full text Link to item Cite

How Darwinian reductionism refutes genetic determinism.

Journal article Stud Hist Philos Biol Biomed Sci · March 2006 Featured Publication Genetic determinism labels the morally problematical claim that some socially significant traits, traits we care about, such as sexual orientation, gender roles, violence, alcoholism, mental illness, intelligence, are largely the results of the operation o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Intra-abdominal desmoid tumor after successful treatment for Hodgkin disease.

Journal article Pediatr Blood Cancer · October 15, 2005 Featured Publication The risk of second malignancies after successful treatment for Hodgkin disease can be considerable. The most common malignancies are solid tumors arising in irradiated sites, such as the breast and thyroid gland after mantle field radiation. Sarcomas and o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Survivors of childhood cancer and their guardians.

Journal article Cancer · May 15, 2005 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Survivors of childhood cancer are at increased risk for osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and second malignancies-conditions for which modifiable risk factors are recognized and lifestyle interventions have shown benefit. Although some data ... Full text Link to item Cite

Response rates to a mailed survey targeting childhood cancer survivors: a comparison of conditional versus unconditional incentives.

Journal article Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev · May 2005 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: Mailed surveys are widely used to collect epidemiologic and health service data. Given that nonresponse can threaten the validity of surveys, modest incentives are often used to increase response rates. A study was undertaken among childhood can ... Full text Link to item Cite

Can underpowered clinical trials be justified?

Journal article IRB · 2004 Featured Publication Link to item Cite

Continued parental attendance at a clinic for adult survivors of childhood cancer.

Journal article J Pediatr Hematol Oncol · November 2003 Featured Publication PURPOSE: Adult survivors of childhood cancer have been an underserved and understudied population. Few clinics are available to take care of them, unlike the numerous ones that exist for children. The authors established a clinic that would take care of al ... Full text Link to item Cite

Industrial collaboration.

Journal article N Engl J Med · February 27, 2003 Featured Publication Full text Link to item Cite