Search results for "Letters to the Editor"
Letter to the editor: politics and patient care
to go to the hospital to care for the patient with sudden critical illness. ... That illness, and the doctor's struggle to help, is not caused by global warming at all.
June 2017
Alaska's shrinking primary care pool reflects national crisis
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2008/10/editor.htm. A digest of this month's issue, including Alaska's shrinking primary care pool, the rising epidemic of prediabetes, and other issues of ... note. By Janet Colwell, Editor.
October 2008
Letters to the Editor
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2019/09/letter.htm. Readers respond to ACP Internist's coverage. Regarding the article “Bringing Medicine to the Streets” in the July/August 2019 ACP Internist, I ... I did have the opportunity on several cold winter
September 2019
Letter to the Editor
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2008/09/letters.htm. A reader reacts to ethics surrounding civilian and war-time prisoner containment. ... back to yard, to hospital etc., using best medical practices and judgment with the usual advisory to the detainee
September 2008
Jury is out on truth in clinical trials
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2009/01/editor.htm. A digest of this month's issue, including the risks and drawbacks of stopping clinical trials early for benefit, colon cancer screening and ... By Janet Colwell, Editor.
January 2009
Letters to the Editor
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2011/10/letters.htm. Readers respond about malpractice. It is disappointing that the ACP InternistWeekly headline “Most doctors sued for malpractice never pay a claim” [Aug. ... 23 edition] is similar to that of the
October 2011
Letters to the Editor
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2009/05/letters.htm. PSA tests, fibromyalgia and reconsidering clinical impressions are discussed and debated by ACP members. ... the high prevalence of this debilitating disorder, and the challenges faced in coming to a
May 2009
Letter to the Editor
the challenges facing Maintenance of Certification and the plans on how to improve it. ... Dr. Cooke refers to as our “social contract” with patients. Maintaining our certification reflects a commitment to our patients and to the profession that we
January 2014
Letters
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2008/02/letters.htm. Readers respond to Mindful Medicine, Ethics columns. Dr. Groopman's comments about cognition are valuable. ... catalyst that drives physicians to take cognitive “shortcuts” that lead to the
February 2008
Beyond the annual physical
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2010/01/editor.htm. It's a new year, and promises to be an exciting one in health care. ... But concepts such as bundled payments, comparative effectiveness and the patient-centered medical home seem certain to remain
January 2010