Perspectives
Editor’s Note
A digest of this month's issue, including the launching of our new Web site, women and heart disease, and how the "nice" people in North Dakota achieved better health care through cooperation.
Mindful Medicine
Anchoring errors ensure when diagnoses get lost in translation
By Jerome Groopman, FACP and Pamela Hartzband, FACP
In two cases, a patient's use of key words led to anchoring errors in diagnosing an abdominal aortic aneurism and a classic case of intermittent claudication.
Ethical Dilemmas
'Futile to whom' challenges views on reasonable recovery
By Lachlan Forrow, FACP
A reader responds to a previous column that addresses how health care providers handle life-saving medical treatment despite no hope for recovery.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond about post-traumatic stress disorder, e-prescribing, and our Mindful Medicine and Ethical Dilemmas columns from September.
Test Yourself
From the MKSAP Case Studies
A 50-year-old black man with ischemic cardiomyopathy presents for a routine follow-up. His medical history is significant for biventricular pacemaker/cardioverter-defibrilator placement and diabetes mellitus. Which medication should be added?
Practical Genomics
Simple family history acts as a genetic test for skin cancer
By W. Gregory Feero, MD, PhD
Melanoma rate shave been rising, and while genetic tests are available for high-risk patients, a family history is a better way to identify patients who need potentially life-saving surveillance.
President’s Message
Strengthen primary care to heal the U.S. health care system
By Jeffrey P. Harris, FACP
Internists need to keep elected officials on-track for reforming health care.
Washington Perspective
What will it take to fix the broken reimbursement system?
By Robert B. Doherty
Align physician reimbursement to compensate for the best possible patient care coordination.
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Submit your ideas for Mindful Medicine
Do you have a case where a medical diagnosis required you to dig beyond the obvious? Submit your cases of interest to acpinternist@acponline.org for consideration in future columns.