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Journal of General Internal Medicine

Issue 4/2007

Content (24 Articles)

Original Article

Experiences With and Attitudes Toward Death and Dying Among Homeless Persons

John Song, Edward R Ratner, Dianne M. Bartels, Lucy Alderton, Brenda Hudson, Jasjit S. Ahluwalia

Original Article

Dying on the Streets: Homeless Persons’ Concerns and Desires about End of Life Care

John Song, Dianne M. Bartels, Edward R. Ratner, Lucy Alderton, Brenda Hudson, Jasjit S. Ahluwalia

Original Articles

Factors Influencing Disease Self-Management Among Veterans with Diabetes and Poor Glycemic Control

Karin M. Nelson, Lynne McFarland, Gayle Reiber

Original Article

Physician Compensation from Salary and Quality of Diabetes Care

Catherine Kim, W. Neil Steers, William H. Herman, Carol M. Mangione, K. M. Venkat Narayan, Susan L. Ettner

Original Article

Delay Of Insulin Addition To Oral Combination Therapy Despite Inadequate Glycemic Control

Gregory A. Nichols, Yuri H. Koo, Sonali N. Shah

Original Article

Can Disease Management Target Patients Most Likely to Generate High Costs? The Impact of Comorbidity

Mary Charlson, Robert E. Charlson, William Briggs, James Hollenberg

Original Article

Spiritual Well-Being and Depression in Patients with Heart Failure

David B. Bekelman, Sydney M. Dy, Diane M. Becker, Ilan S. Wittstein, Danetta E. Hendricks, Traci E. Yamashita, Sheldon H. Gottlieb

Original Article

Randomized Controlled Trial of a Computer-Based, Tailored Intervention to Increase Smoking Cessation Counseling by Primary Care Physicians

Marina Unrod, Meredith Smith, Bonnie Spring, Judith DePue, William Redd, Gary Winkel

Original Article

Long-Term Opioid Contract Use for Chronic Pain Management in Primary Care Practice. A Five Year Experience

Jaishree Hariharan, Geoffrey C. Lamb, Joan M. Neuner

Original Article

Changes in Preferences for Life-Sustaining Treatment Among Older Persons with Advanced Illness

Terri R. Fried, Peter H. Van Ness, Amy L. Byers, Virginia R. Towle, John R. O’Leary, Joel A. Dubin

Original Article

Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Death—Does Insurance Matter?

Angela Fowler-Brown, Giselle Corbie-Smith, Joanne Garrett, Nicole Lurie

Original Article

Screening Patients with a Family History of Colorectal Cancer

Robert H. Fletcher, Rebecca Lobb, Mark R. Bauer, James Alan Kemp, Richard C. Palmer, Ken P. Kleinman, Irina Miroshnik, Karen M. Emmons

Original Article

Political Self-characterization of U.S. Medical Students

Erica Frank, Jennifer Carrera, Shafik Dharamsi

Original Article

Perceived Barriers to Weight Management in Primary Care—Perspectives of Patients and Providers

Alicia R. Ruelaz, Pamela Diefenbach, Barbara Simon, Andy Lanto, David Arterburn, Paul G. Shekelle

Original Article

Factors Influencing Physicians’ Screening Behavior for Liver Cancer Among High-risk Patients

Tung T. Nguyen, Ginny Gildengorin, Amy Truong, Stephen J. McPhee

Original Article

Primary Care Office-based Buprenorphine Treatment: Comparison of Heroin and Prescription Opioid Dependent Patients

Brent A. Moore, David A. Fiellin, Declan T. Barry, Lynn E. Sullivan, Marek C. Chawarski, Patrick G. O’Connor, Richard S. Schottenfeld

Original Article

Family Physicians’ Attitudes and Practices Regarding Assessments of Medical Fitness to Drive in Older Persons

Raymond W. Jang, Malcolm Man-Son-Hing, Frank J. Molnar, David B. Hogan, Shawn C. Marshall, Julie Auger, Ian D. Graham, Nicol Korner-Bitensky, George Tomlinson, Matthew E. Kowgier, Gary Naglie

Innovations in Education

Improving Death Certificate Completion: A Trial of Two Training Interventions

Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy, Krishnamohan R. Basarakodu, James L. Vacek, Ashok K. Kondur, Srikanth K. Ramachandruni, Dennis J. Esterbrooks, Ronald J. Markert, Manohar S. Gowda

Case Reports/Clinical Vignettes

Hyperammonemic Coma—Barking Up the Wrong Tree

Doron Rimar, Eti Kruzel-Davila, Guy Dori, Elzbieta Baron, Haim Bitterman

Reflection

The Return Visit

Mitchell Charap

Open Access Editorial

Dying on the Streets

Jeffrey L. Jackson, Laura Sessums

Open Access Editorial

The Primary Care Physician and the Unsafe Older Drivers

Malaz Boustani

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.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

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 discuss last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.