The information website of bioethicist Dr. M. Sara Rosenthal

Selected List of Publications

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

  1. Rosenthal, MS., Pierce, H. (2005) "Inherited Medullary Thyroid Cancer and The Duty to Warn: Revisiting Pate V. Threlkel". Thyroid, Volume 15 (5):140-45.
  2. Rosenthal, MS. (2006) "Socio-Ethical Issues in Hospital Birth: Troubling Tales from a Canadian Sample." Sociological Perspectives, Vol 49 (3):369-390.
  3. Rosenthal, MS. (2006) "Ethical Problems with Patient Misconceptions in RAI Scans and Therapy." Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 34(3):143-50.
  4. Rosenthal, MS. (2007) "The Impaired Hypothyroid Patient: Ethical Considerations and Obligations." Thyroid.,Vol 17, (12):1261-67.
  5. Rosenthal, MS. (2008) "Ethical Problems with Bioidentical Hormones". International Journal of Impotence Research: The Journal of Sexual Medicine. Vol 20(1):45-52.
  6. Rosenthal, MS. (2008) "The Wiley Protocol: An Analysis of Ethical Issues". Menopause. Vol 15(5):1014-22.
  7. Rosenthal, MS. (2010) A Preventive Ethics Approach to IVF in the Age of Octuplets. Fertility and Sterility. Vol 93: 339-3
  8. Rosenthal, MS. (2010) The Suleman Octuplet Case: An Analysis of Multiple Ethical Issues. Women's Heath Issues 20: 260-5.
  9. Rosenthal, MS. (2010) Ethical Issues in Radioisotope Shortages: Rationing and Priority Setting. Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology; 38:117–120.
  10. Rosenthal, MS. (2011) Informed Consent in the Nuclear Medicine Setting. Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology; 39:1-4.
  11. Rosenthal, MS and Diekema, DS. (2011) Pediatric Ethics Guidelines for Hereditary Medullary Thyroid Cancer. International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology. doi: 10.1155/2011/847603
  12. Rosenthal, MS. (2013) The End of Life Experiences of 9/11 Civilians: Death and Dying in The World Trade Center. Omega Journal of Death and Dying. 67(4):323-361.
  13. Rosenthal, MS, et al. (2013) Clinical and Professional Ethics Guidelines for the Practice of Thyroidology. Thyroid, Vol 23:1203-10.
  14. Rosenthal, MS. (2014) Ethical Issues in the Management of Thyroid Disease. In: Burman, K. and Jonklaas, J. and Burman K. (Eds). Endocrine Clinics of North America. Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 545-564
  15. Rosenthal, MS. (2015). The Limits of Autonomy in Thyroid Oncology. International Journal of Endocrine Oncology. Vol 2, No. 1, Pages 31-37.

Book Chapters

  • Rosenthal, MS. (In Press.) Maimonides. In: Lacombe, M. (Ed.) Osler's Bedside Library, American College of Physicians Press.

Books: A Selected List

  • Rosenthal MS, 1993 (1st edition); 1996 (2nd edition); 1998 (3rd edition); 2000 (4th edition) The Thyroid Sourcebook (McGraw-Hill, New York). [Note: Spanish, Polish and Chinese editions, 2003]
  • Rosenthal MS, 1994; 1995; 1997 (2nd edition); 1999 (3rd edition); 2003 (4th edition): The Gynecological Sourcebook (McGraw-Hill, New York)
  • Rosenthal MS, 1994; 1995; 1997 (2nd edition); 1999 (3rd edition): The Pregnancy Sourcebook (McGraw-Hill, New York)
  • Rosenthal MS, 1995; 1998 (revised edition); 1999 (2nd edition); 2002 (3rd edition): The Fertility Sourcebook (McGraw-Hill, New York)
  • Rosenthal MS, 1995; 1998 (2nd edition); 2000 (3rd edition): The Breastfeeding Sourcebook (McGraw-Hill, New York) [Note: Russian edition, 2004.]
  • Rosenthal MS, 1996; 1999 (2nd edition): The Breast Sourcebook (McGraw-Hill, New York) [Note: Arabic edtion, 2003.]
  • Rosenthal MS, 1997; 1998: The Gastrointestinal Sourcebook (McGraw-Hill, New York)
  • Rosenthal MS, 1997: Managing Your Diabetes: The Only Canadian Guide to Type 2 Diabetes (Macmillan Canada, Toronto)
  • Rosenthal, MS, 1998: Managing Diabetes for Women: The Only Canadian Guide to Type 2 Diabetes (Macmillan Canada, Toronto)
  • Rosenthal MS, 1999; The Type 2 Diabetic Woman (McGraw-Hill, New York)
  • Rosenthal MS, 1999; 2005 (2nd edition): The Thyroid Sourcebook for Women (McGraw-Hill, New York)
  • Rosenthal, MS, 2000. Women and Sadness (Macmillan Canada, Toronto)
  • Rosenthal MS, 2000: Women and Depression (McGraw-Hill, New York)
  • Rosenthal MS, 2000: Women of the Sixties Turning 50 (Penguin Books, Toronto)
  • Rosenthal MS, 2000: 50 Ways To Prevent Colon Cancer (McGraw-Hill, New York)
  • Rosenthal MS 2000: 50 Ways To Prevent Women's Heart Disease (McGraw-Hill, New York)
  • Rosenthal MS 2001: 50 Ways To Manage Heartburn, Reflux and Ulcer (McGraw-Hill, New York)
  • Rosenthal MS 2001: 50 Ways To Manage Type 2 Diabetes (McGraw-Hill, New York)
  • Rosenthal MS 2001: 50 Ways To Prevent and Manage Stress (McGraw-Hill, New York)
  • Rosenthal MS, 2001: The Hypothyroid Sourcebook (McGraw-Hill, New York)
  • Rosenthal MS, 2001 (1st edition); 2008 (2nd edition): Stopping Cancer at The Source (Trafford Publishing, Victoria, BC)
  • Rosenthal MS 2002: 50 Ways To Fight Depression Without Drugs (McGraw-Hill, New York) [Chinese and Spanish editions 2003]
  • Rosenthal MS, 2002: Women Managing Stress (Penguin Books, Toronto)
  • Rosenthal MS, 2002; 2004 (2nd edition); 2009 (3rd edition) The Canadian Type 2 Diabetes Sourcebook (Wiley & Sons, Toronto)
  • Rosenthal MS, 2002; 2003 (2nd edition): The Thyroid Cancer Book (Trafford Publishing, Victoria, BC)
  • Rosenthal MS, 2003: Gynecological Health, A Sourcebook for Canadian Women (Penguin Books, Toronto.)
  • Rosenthal MS, 2004: The Skinny On Fat: A Look at Low Fat Culture (McClelland & Stewart, Toronto)
  • Rosenthal MS, and Kenneth B. Ain, 2005: The Complete Thyroid Book (McGraw-Hill, New York)
  • Rosenthal MS, 2008: The Thyroid Sourcebook, 5th Edition (McGraw-Hill, New York)
  • Rosenthal MS, and Kenneth B. Ain, 2011: The Complete Thyroid Book, 2nd Edition (McGraw-Hill, New York).

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