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February 01, 2012; Volume 79,Issue 2

  1. Machado, Andre

    1. Deep brain stimulation: What can patients expect from it?
      Deep brain stimulation: What can patients expect from it?
      Andre Machado, MD, PhD, Hubert H. Fernandez, MD and Milind Deogaonkar, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 113-120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78gr.11006

      Its indications (particularly movement disorders), risks, and benefits, and what is involved before, during, and after implantation.

  2. Mandell, Brian F.

    1. Talking to patients: Barriers to overcome
      Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 90; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79b.12002

      Not all patients think like doctors, but we need to be able to think like patients.

  3. Misra-hebert, Anita D.

    1. Overcoming health care disparities via better cross-cultural communication and health literacy
      Anita D. Misra-Hebert, MD, FACP and J. Harry Isaacson, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 127-133; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11006

      Health care disparities have multiple causes. Poor communication is a cause that can be modified.

  4. Myers, Robert

    1. A 37-year-old man with a chronic cough
      Sandeep M. Patel, MD, Sheena S. Patel, BA and Robert Myers, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 141-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11010

      When asked, he revealed that he had been diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus infection but had not been taking his medication.

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