Audiey Kao
Biographic Data
| ID | 5149535 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Audiey Kao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Audiey |
| FAMILY NAME | Kao |
| SIGNATURE | KAO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | American Marketing Association |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 144 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 144 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What Makes a Good Physician? Asclepius and the Rhetoric of AI
Visual symbols such as the rod of Asclepius possess rhetorical power by illuminating core values-in the case of medicine, those qualities that make a good physician.Patients expect their physicians to demonstrate skill and judgment, as well as to comfort with compassion and empathy.With the emergence of artificial intelligence, questions abound about how this technology will transform and disrupt the practice of medicine and, ultimately, the ther…
Breaking Bad News
Fiat Lux
Since its beginning, the AMA Journal of Ethics has grown into a distinct, editorially independent, peer-reviewed publication that illuminates complex questions and ideas often overlooked by traditional ethics curricula
Editors' statement on the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence technologies in scholarly journal publishing
The new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and especially the large language models (LLMs) of which ChatGPT is the most prominent example, have the potential to transform many aspects of scholarly publishing. How the transformations will play out remains to be seen, both because the different parties involved in the production and publication of scholarly work are still learning about these tools and because the tools themselves are s…
Editors’ Statement on the Responsible Use of Generative AI Technologies in Scholarly Journal Publishing
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform many aspects of scholarly publishing. Authors, peer reviewers, and editors might use AI in a variety of ways, and those uses might augment their existing work or might instead be intended to replace it. We are editors of bioethics and humanities journals who have been contemplating the implications of this ongoing transformation. We believe that generative AI may pose a threat…
Editors' statement on the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence technologies in scholarly journal publishing
The new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and especially the large language models (LLMs) of which ChatGPT is the most prominent example, have the potential to transform many aspects of scholarly publishing. How the transformations will play out remains to be seen, both because the different parties involved in the production and publication of scholarly work are still learning about these tools and because the tools themselves are s…
What Is Represented “Worthily” in Luke Fildes’ The Doctor
One of the most recognized paintings of Western medicine, Luke Fildes' The Doctor aimed to represent a caring physician in a humble setting during an era when people living with poverty rarely had access to health care and nearly all physicians were White men. The Doctor challenges us to think about what good doctoring is
Chinese Calligraphy and the Art of Writing
The popularity of portraits of clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic suggested the importance of visual representation of what mass illness demands of us all-and particularly those on the front lines of health care. In addition to surges in variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, persons of Asian descent have endured waves of bigotry and violence. With the myriad of natural and man-made threats confronting the world today, an ancient Confucian prover…
Invisibility of Anti-Asian Racism
Imagine being confined and feeling trapped in your own house or apartment for months on end, afraid to leave the relative safety of your home because contact with other people could possibly bring you harm. Being isolated at home without an end in sight is no way to live. Fear, anxiety, depression, and even anger become your quarantine companions. During this past year, most of us can wholly grasp and empathize with this state of pandemic being
Motivating Health Equity
Caring to Vote
Health of We the People
Consensus about clinicians’ roles in civic engagement is lacking, but there is no denying that public policy and participation in democracy affects the health and well-being of patients and communities
Oscaring Parasite
Racism against Asians and Asian Americans related to COVID-19 contagion fear is irrational, as threat of influenza is far more real. Exacerbated by abundant poor health information, viral xenophobia follows a history of de jure Asian exclusion
Health of the First Americans
Over 100 million people in the pre-Columbian Americas were Indigenous. In the 2010 US Census, 5.2 million people in the US identified as Indigenous. By this and other accounts, American Indians' and Alaska Natives' well-being has been imperiled for over 500 years
Ethics of Prescription Medication Access, Innovation, and Prescribing
It wasn't that long ago when few prescription medications were available to treat what ailed patients. Today, more than three-quarters of all physician office visits involve some kind of drug therapy ranging from analgesics and antihypertensives to antibiotics and antidepressants. Therefore, it isn't surprising that more than two-thirds of Americans see it as a top priority for Congress to lower prescription medication costs
US Physicians’ Work Motivation and Their Occupational Health
BACKGROUND: Poor occupational health among physicians poses a serious risk both to physicians themselves and the patients under their care. Prior research has found that occupational health among nonphysicians is associated with both degree and type of work motivation. OBJECTIVE: The main purpose of this article was to assess the association between physician work motivation and their occupational health. RESEARCH DESIGN: This study was a nationa…
Aligning Values with Value
The Doctor, by Sir Luke Fildes, was once one of the most recognized of all Victorian paintings, in part because reproductions of it hung in many doctors’ offices. To this day, the painting is often used to portray the core values of what it means to be a good doctor [1]
Leading through Change
Can I get a grande latte, double shot of espresso with skim milk and Splenda? Every day, millions of beverage orders are taken and successfully delivered at thousands of franchise coffeehouses around the world. Being able to get a good cup of joe (at five dollars a pop) no matter the time of day or the specific store location is a convenience that we have come to expect and probably take for granted
Plus Seating
I am shackled by my frequent flyer miles. Taking a flight that is not on my “home” airline is a rare thing. On a recent business trip, I had to do just that. As I settled into 6C, I realized that my seat space did not have the extra legroom to which I have become accustomed as a frequent flyer. A tall person, I need the few inches that economy plus seating affords me, especially on longer trips. Fortunately, this flight was going to take fewer th…
If You Build It
Ten years and counting. This month marks a decade of continuous publication for Virtual Mentor (VM). Numerous feature and layout improvements have been made since we built and debuted our first issue of VM. Through all the changes, our editorial mission has remained true and unchanging—to strengthen the ethics and professionalism of the next generation of physicians
Not all patients want to participate in decision making
Case 3.2
This special issue of Virtual Mentor consists entirely of clinical cases for exploring the challenges to professionalism that confront internal medicine residents and fellows in internal medicine sub-specialty programs. The cases cover 7 general areas
Case 1.1
Physicians are professionals who have obligations to use their skill and knowledge for the benefit of society. Although physicians retain a great degree of control over their practice, they often must subjugate their self-interest to the interests of patients. Physicians may not always have the prerogative of choosing whom to serve. Professional responsibilities to provide care, the need for patients to receive care, and the responsibility to act…
Medicine and Human Rights
The journal editor introduces a theme issue on medicine and human rights by calling on physicians to speak out against worldwide human rights abuses. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association
Diagnosing Anabolic Steroid Use
Physicians should look for specific clinical evidence when examining a patient suspected of anabolic steroid use. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association
Invisibility of Anti-Asian Racism
Imagine being confined and feeling trapped in your own house or apartment for months on end, afraid to leave the relative safety of your home because contact with other people could possibly bring you harm. Being isolated at home without an end in sight is no way to live. Fear, anxiety, depression, and even anger become your quarantine companions. During this past year, most of us can wholly grasp and empathize with this state of pandemic being
If a Colleague is Impaired
Case Tom and Jack have been friends since the start of medical school, and are about to start their third-year rotations. Tom considers himself a social drinker, but he noticed that Jack has been drinking more and more over the last year. Tom was not concerned about this during the 2 years of basic science training, but now that Jack will start seeing patients on a more regular basis, he has become worried. He wants to get some help, but does not…
Pieter Brueghel's Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap
about 1525-69), Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap, 1565. Oil. 38 x 56 cm. Wiltshire, Wilton House. Art and visual images have long been used to promote healing processes. Research has shown that certain works of art can positively affect patients' clinical outcomes. Representations of nature-for example, a picture of a pond surrounded by treescan have beneficial effects, whereas abstract artworks, those open to a variety of conceptual interpretat…
Through the Patient's Eyes
To arrive at the place where respectful, trusting, open, and truly informed patientphysician communications can take place, one begins by giving the patient undivided, close attention, listening for what is said as well as unsaid. To cultivate this habit of closely attending to another requires practice in listening and interpreting the language, voice, and intonations of others' speech. Through such conscious exercise, each of us also becomes mo…
Witchcraft, Folkloric Remedies and the Paranormal
of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.The university still exists, but the medical school closed in 1860
The Sacred Heart
In The Sacred Heart: An Atlas of the Body Seen Through Invasive Surgery, photographer Max Aquilera-Hellweg captures haunting pictures of the human body exposed and deconstructed during surgeries ranging from removal of a brain tumor to a cesarean birth. These graphic photographs are at once repulsive and mesmerizing, reminding us that the human body when sick manifests a terrible beauty
December Birthdays
Disclosing the Truth about Medical Error
Both ethics and law address norms that govern physicians' behavior
Through the Patient's Eyes
What is it like to be a patient, experiencing a debilitating, potentially life-threatening illness or encountering the health care environment, perhaps for the first time, from a position of vulnerability? Through the stories of patients, physicians come to see themselves, and most especially their communications, from the other side of the equation. When patients—and that includes physicians who become patients—voice their most intimate thoughts…
The Ethics of “Ghost” Surgery
George G, a patient complaining of low back pain radiating into his left leg with numbness and tingling of his left foot, consulted Dr. Quimby, a surgeon. Dr
The Value of Industry Gifts to Physicians
A pen, of the kind that drug companies commonly distribute to physicians, can cost as little as 25 cents if you purchase 10,000 of them from a product catalog. A disposable penlight, another gift commonly distributed, costs approximately $2.50 at university bookstores. The average cost of a dinner at a 4-star restaurant such as Charlie Trotter's in Chicago, is $100 per person, excluding drinks and gratuity. Physicians who are more aware of guidel…
Medical Trivia
Through the Patient's Eyes
What is it like to be a patient, experiencing a debilitating, potentially life-threatening illness or encountering the health care environment, perhaps for the first time, from a position of vulnerability? Through the stories of patients, physicians come to see themselves, and most especially their communications, from the other side of the equation. When patients—and that includes physicians who become patients—voice their most intimate thoughts…
Gustav Klimt's The Kiss
a Viennese painter, lived and worked during a period of enormous cultural, artistic, and scientific fecundity. His contemporaries included such luminaries as
Testing Olympic Athletes for Drug Use
Through the Patient's Eyes
What is it like to be a patient experiencing a debilitating, potentially life-threatening illness or encountering the health care environment, perhaps for the first time, from a position of vulnerability? Through the stories of patients, physicians come to see themselves, and most especially their communications, from the other side of the equation. When patients - including physicians who become patients - voice their most intimate thoughts, fee…
Renewing a Prescription for a Relative
Version 2.0 of the Virtual Mentor
Welcome to version 2.0 of the Virtual Mentor. In addition to the new look and feel of the web site, we have introduced several new content areas to those from Virtual Mentor 1.0. We hope you enjoy this newest version and find it to be a helpful educational resource
Diagnosing Rembrandt
Oh, I see!" one might exclaim on grasping a new intellectual concept. The metaphor of vision has long been linked to knowledge and understanding — indeed, it is only a small etymological move from "sight" to "insight." As the modern technological world becomes ever more reliant on visual culture, however, physicians are challenged to strengthen this metaphorical link by developing new ways of interpreting visual images to create clinical and diag…
Through the Student's Eyes
The act of human dissection may very well be the one event that distinguishes physicians from nonphysicians in a very real way," says medical student Eric David in his "Thoughts on Gross Anatomy." As the semester-long course in "gross" draws to a close, Virtual Mentor offers Eric David’s reflection on the violation and mystery that dissection entails. David also expresses gratitude—his own and that of fellow students—for the "profound gift" of th…
Through the Patient's Eyes
What is it like to be a patient, experiencing a debilitating, potentially life-threatening illness or encountering the health care environment, perhaps for the first time, from a position of vulnerability? Through the stories of patients, physicians come to see themselves, and most especially their communications, from the other side of the equation. When patients—and that includes physicians who become patients—voice their most intimate thoughts…
Should Physicians Advocate for Political Issues and Candidates
is an internist at a university teaching hospital, and also has clinical responsibilities at a local prison hospital. He has strong views about the corporatization of medicine, and is outspoken in his conviction that universal health coverage is a human right. Dr. Henry often discusses his political views with his patients. A few of his physician colleagues have expressed concern about him bringing his political views into the examination room. I…
Codifying the Rights of All Humans, Children, and Prisoners of War
On December 10, 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a "common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society...shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights." Article 25 of the Declaration reads as follows
It's about Time
Performing Physical Exams on Fellow Students
Case Mary, a third-year medical student is currently doing an OB/GYN rotation. Her school has often used standardized patients to help medical students become proficient with various examinations. One day, no standardized patient is available. The attending physician suggests that one of the female medical students volunteer so that students can practice pelvic examinations. Mary feels that this is an inappropriate role for a female medical stude…
Through the Patient's Eyes
What is it like to be a patient experiencing a debilitating, potentially life-threatening illness or encountering the health care environment, perhaps for the first time, from a position of vulnerability? Through the stories of patients, physicians come to see themselves, and most especially their communications, from the other side of the equation. When patients — including physicians who become patients — voice their most intimate thoughts, fee…
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