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I.M. Matters from ACP provides news and information for internal medicine physicians about the practice of medicine and reports on the policies, products, and activities of ACP.
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Examining ethical dilemmas that occur in everyday practice
A Harvard expert moderates a new column on ethical case studies and suggests some practical strategies for handling and preventing conflicts. Case study: How should a physician react when an elderly patient refuses life-saving treatment contrary to the wishes of her family?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/01/ethics.htm
1 Jan 2008
Congress needs to rewrite script for fixing payment system
Washington, D.C. is once again playing its own version of the film “Groundhog Day.”.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/01/washington.htm
1 Jan 2008
Editor's Note
Readers will notice many changes in our January 2008 issue, which will relaunch as ACP Internist with a new look and expanded content. ACP Internist will feature the same high-caliber reporting that readers have come to expect from ACP Observer, with some notable additions and improvements.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/01/editor.htm
1 Jan 2008
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Mulley. Even if a method is foundto make all patients perfectly understandthe risks of an intervention, they would stillhave dramatically different perspectives onthe statistics.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/acpi-200802-risks_t1.pdf
28 Jan 2008
The ethics of end-of-life care erupt in the ICU
A Harvard expert moderates a new column on ethical case studies and suggests some practical strategies for handling and preventing conflicts. Case study: The ethics of end-of-life care erupt in the ICU.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/ethics.htm
1 Feb 2008
Democrats overplay their hand on health care policy
The newly elected Democratic majority that took charge of Congress last January promised an ambitious health care agenda.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/washington.htm
1 Feb 2008
Letters
Readers respond to Mindful Medicine, Ethics columns.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/letters.htm
1 Feb 2008
One intervention, many ways to explain risks
How can doctors inform patients about potential outcomes without unduly influencing their choices?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/risks.htm
1 Feb 2008
Will the 2008 elections be the turning point for health care?
For the first time in 15 years, health care reform is back as a major campaign issue.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/03/washington.htm
1 Mar 2008