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The next issue is online and coming to your mailbox
The October issue of ACP Internist is online and coming soon to your mailbox.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/10/02/8.htm
2 Oct 2012
National Healthcare Decisions Day to be held April 16
ACP joins more than 700 national, state and community organizations in support of National Healthcare Decisions Day, which will be held April 16.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/04/13/9.htm
13 Apr 2010
The next issue of ACP Internist is online
The July/August issue of ACP Internist is available online, including stories on baby boomers, hepatitis C, and more.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/07/03/7.htm
3 Jul 2012
Hip fractures among nursing home residents are associated with high mortality rates, functional decline
The frequently poor outcomes of nursing home residents who have a hip fracture were quantified by a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/01/2.htm
1 Jul 2014
ACP releases updated Ethics Manual
ACP has released the sixth edition of the Ethics Manual, published as a supplement with the Jan. 3 Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/01/10/10.htm
10 Jan 2012
ACCP issues consensus statement on managing dyspnea in advanced heart or lung disease
MKSAP Quiz: severe head and neck pain
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/16/2.htm
16 Mar 2010
Building the medical home starts in school
Four medical schools revamped their residency programs to include concepts of the patient-centered medical home. The changes resulted in teamwork, continuity of care, and more intense clinical rotations.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/11/PCMH.htm
1 Nov 2011
2019 International Forum highlights physician well-being
This year's Forum focused on “Global Experiences and Initiatives to Promote Physician Well-Being,” including globally shared challenges of technology, complexity, and burnout that could have similar solutions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/10/2019-international-forum-highlights-physician-well-being.htm
1 Oct 2019
Consider country, culture when caring for Latino patients
Cultural competency can conquer concerns about cultural barriers, said a panel of experts who discussed how to approach and manage patients in the Latino community.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/06/cultural.htm
1 Jun 2014
Doctors debate the ethics of assisted suicide
The medical community and the world at large are looking at how physician-assisted suicide has played out in Washington, Oregon and Montana. Are these states a bellwether or a death knell for legalizing the issue elsewhere? And how should physicians respond when presented with such requests from their patients?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/07/suicide.htm
1 Jul 2010