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Journal of General Internal Medicine

Issue 9/2014

Content (25 Articles)

Editorial

Life Chaos and Intrinsic Motivation

Malathi Srinivasan

Editorial

Oversimplifying Overdiagnosis

Ruth Etzioni, Roman Gulati

Letter to the Editor

Patient Complexity, Prescriber Continuity and Acute Care

Pete Yunyongying, Maria Gove

Letter to the Ediror

Patient Complexity, Prescriber Continuity and Acute Care

Matthew L. Maciejewski, Corrine I. Voils

Original Research

Increased Hospital and Emergency Department Utilization by Individuals with Recent Criminal Justice Involvement: Results of a National Survey

Joseph W. Frank, Jeffrey A. Linder, William C. Becker, David A. Fiellin, Emily A. Wang

Original Research

Controlling Health Costs: Physician Responses to Patient Expectations for Medical Care

Amber K. Sabbatini, Jon C. Tilburt, Eric G. Campbell, Robert D. Sheeler, Jason S. Egginton, Susan D. Goold

Original Research

Provider and Patient Expectations for Dietary Supplement Discussions

Derjung M. Tarn, Jennifer R. Guzmán, Jeffrey S. Good, Neil S. Wenger, Ian D. Coulter, Debora A. Paterniti

Original Research

Faculty Development to Enhance Humanistic Teaching and Role Modeling: A Collaborative Study at Eight Institutions

William T. Branch Jr., Calvin L. Chou, Neil J. Farber, David Hatem, Craig Keenan, Gregory Makoul, Mariah Quinn, William Salazar, Jane Sillman, Margaret Stuber, LuAnn Wilkerson, George Mathew, Michael Fost

Original Research

Walking Cadence and Mortality Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Justin C. Brown, Michael O. Harhay, Meera N. Harhay

Effectiveness of Family and Caregiver Interventions on Patient Outcomes in Adults with Cancer: A Systematic Review

Joan M. Griffin, Laura A. Meis, Roderick MacDonald, Nancy Greer, Agnes Jensen, Indulis Rutks, Timothy J. Wilt

Perspective

Lead-Time Models Should Not Be Used to Estimate Overdiagnosis in Cancer Screening

Per-Henrik Zahl, Karsten Juhl Jørgensen, Peter C. Gøtzsche

Original Research

Effects of Massachusetts Health Reform on the Use of Clinical Preventive Services

Catherine A. Okoro, Satvinder S. Dhingra, Ralph J. Coates, Matthew Zack, Eduardo J. Simoes

Original Research

Quality of Care and Racial Disparities in Medicare Among Potential ACOs

Ryan E. Anderson, John Z. Ayanian, Alan M. Zaslavsky, J. Michael McWilliams

Frontline Account

Frontline Account: Targeting Hot Spotters in an Internal Medicine Residency Clinic

Melissa Dattalo, Stephanie Nothelle, Sean Tackett, Marc Larochelle, Fernanda Porto-Carreiro, Eunice Yu, Laura A. Hanyok

Clinical Image

Clinical Image: Clubbed with a Reminder to Test for HIV

Mona Siddiqui, Michael T. Melia

Clinical Image

Pleural Effusion from Leaky Diaphragm—the Hepatic Hydrothorax

Prashant Sharma, Vijaiganesh Nagarajan

A Heart-Breaking Case of Fever and Rash

Kara Bischoff, Shilpa M. Shah, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Harry Hollander

Healing Arts

What’s Left Inside

Sheila M. Quinn

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Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

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Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.