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Mid-Life Hospitalists
- Marlene Piturro, PhD, MBA
May 2, 2006
Physicians turn mid-life change into mid-life career opportunities as hospitalists, finding both challenge and satisfaction in the process
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CODE PINK
May 2, 2006
The frightening phenomenon of infant abductions in hospitals
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Mental Health in Colonial America
- Abigail Coy, MD;
- Mayo Clinic College Of Medicine;
- Psychiatry Intern
May 2, 2006
Insanity in colonial America was not pretty: emotional torment, social isolation, physical pain—and these were just the treatments! In the late 1700s facilities and treatments were often crude and barbaric; however, this doesn’t mean that those who applied them were fueled by cruelty.
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Their Own Twist
May 1, 2006
Relationships between occupational therapists and hospitalists
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Near Misses
May 1, 2006
A call to arms on close calls in the hospital setting
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The New Orleans Nocturnalist
May 1, 2006
At night it's laissez les bontemps roulez for hospitalists at teh Ochsner Clinic
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Skin Dilemma
- Consultant;
- Dermatology;
- Dermatology Resident;
- Mayo Clinic College Of Medicine;
- Phil Ecker, MD;
- Rokea El-Azhary, MD
May 1, 2006
A75-year-old previously healthy woman presented with one-month history of extensive necrotic coalescing erythematous weeping vesicles and bullae. A skin biopsy was performed.
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An Analysis of Clinical Reasoning Errors
May 1, 2006
Kempainen RR, Migeon MB, Wolf FM. Understanding our mistakes: a primer on errors in clinical reasoning. Med Teach. Mar;2003:25(2);177-181.
Many hospitalists are involved in processes to reduce errors in the hospital.
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To Be or Not To Be a Fellow
May 1, 2006
The pors, cons, and prognosis for hospital medicine fellowships
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The Acute Care Surgeon
- David A. Spain, MD, FACS;
- Gregory J. Jurkovich, MD, FACS
May 1, 2006
The redefined trauma surgeons and the synergy they have with hospitalists