Table of Contents
In This Issue
Medical Grand Rounds
- Can the patient make treatment decisions? Evaluating decisional capacity
Evaluations of a patient's ability to make treatment decisions are common in everyday practice. Dr. Agich reviews the standards for evaluating decisional capacity.
Cancer Diagnosis and Management
- Assessing and minimizing reproductive risks of cancer chemotherapy
Now that more children and young adults are surviving malignant diseases, a new problem is arising: the reproductive effects of intensive chemotherapy.
Clinical Reviews
- Diagnosing and treating hallux valgus: A conservative approach for a common problem
For most patients with hallux valgus, the problem is caused by wearing shoes that are too tight. How to evaluate and treat this problem, and when to refer to an orthopaedic surgeon.
- Ethical perspectives on Jehovah's Witnesses’ refusal of blood
Jehovah's Witnesses are not antimedicine, but do refuse blood transfusions and blood products. How to deal with the treatment dilemmas this can create.
- Travel medicine for the primary care physician
Reviewing the potential risks and how to avoid them greatly enhances the chances of an uneventful trip.
Current Drug Therapy
- New drugs for reducing cardiovascular risk in women
Strategies to reduce cardiovascular risk in women, focusing on new drugs to treat diabetes and hyperlipidemia.
Commentary
Despite changes designed to make medical education more humane, it is not easier to be an intern or resident today.