More articles from Commentary
- An argument for reviving the disappearing skill of cardiac auscultation
Three case scenarios show how the clinical examination can complement echocardiography in the evaluation of valvular heart disease.
- The apples and oranges of cost-effectiveness
Cost-effectiveness analysis, our best tool for comparing apples and oranges, is itself a lot like apples and oranges.
- Personalizing patient care
Personalized health care has been anticipated for decades. Yet in its breadth and in the way we would like it to be practiced, it is still in its infancy.
- A new ICU paradigm: Intensivists as primary critical care physicians
The time has come for critical care medicine to end its identity crisis.
- Caring for VIPs: Nine principles
When the patient is a “very important person,” the health care team should resist pressure to bend the rules.
- Series Introduction
To keep our readers up to date on progress in palliative medicine, we are presenting a series of articles on the topic.
- Bringing home the ‘medical home’ for older adults
We may be able to improve the care of our vulnerable older patients—and control costs—by taking their primary care to their own homes.
- The electronic medical record: Learning to swim
Skepticism and vigilance are warranted, but so is optimism.
- The electronic medical record: Diving into a shallow pool?
We should reassess the possible unintended consequences of the rush to adopt electronic medical records.
- Sorting through the recent controversies in breast cancer screening
Despite the new US recommendations, we continue to recommend yearly mammograms for most women, starting at age 40.