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- The stethoscope as metaphor
The humanities—and bedside skills—ought to be a fundamental part of medical education. The alternative is a future full of technicians with tricorders, but sorely lacking in healers.
- Regularizing the approach to the irregularly irregular
We have more choices, more data, and more management algorithms, but still no panacea for atrial fibrillation.
- Geriatric patient-centered medical home
Readers comment on synthetic legal intoxicating drugs (April 2012) and on the geriatric patient-centered medical home (May 2012).
- 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.
- In reply: Synthetic legal intoxicating drugs
Readers comment on synthetic legal intoxicating drugs (April 2012) and on the geriatric patient-centered medical home (May 2012).