By Abigail Maller, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Advance directives are a means for patients to communicate their wishes regarding medical decisions to their families and health care professionals once they are unable to make these decisions themselves. These documents, together with the assignment …
Please enjoy this post from the archives dated January 15, 2010
John J. Mercuri
Faculty peer reviewed
Introduction
The 111th Congress allocated $19 billion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 toward the …
A Commentary By Antonella Surbone MD PhD FACP, Ethics Editor on the Article Bidil: The Future of Medicine or A Return to the Dark Past?
On April 18, 2012, President Barack Obama …
By Christopher David Velez, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Given the traumatic and often criminal role that medicine and the larger scientific community played in some of the most shameful acts of the 20th century, it is …
By Brian D. Clark
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The ability to critically assess the validity of a clinical trial is one of many important skills that a physician strives to develop. This skill helps …
By Xiao Jing Wang
Faculty Peer Reviewed
ML is from Fu Zhou, China. She doesn’t speak much English and works in her family’s clothing store as a sales girl. ML is only one year …
By Tracie Lin
Faculty Peer Reviewed
DEATH, be not proud, though some have callèd thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so;
For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poore death, nor …
By Ishmeal Bradley, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The goal of public health is to prevent or minimize disease and injury on a population level. How to achieve this end has changed over time, …