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Journal of General Internal Medicine

Issue 4/2009

Content (19 Articles)

Original Article

What Do Patients Choose to Tell Their Doctors? Qualitative Analysis of Potential Barriers to Reattributing Medically Unexplained Symptoms

Sarah Peters, Anne Rogers, Peter Salmon, Linda Gask, Chris Dowrick, Maria Towey, Rebecca Clifford, Richard Morriss

Original Article

Primary Care Consultations About Medically Unexplained Symptoms: How Do Patients Indicate What They Want?

Peter Salmon, Adele Ring, Gerry M. Humphris, John C. Davies, Christopher F. Dowrick

Original Article

The Effects of Smoking Cessation on the Risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations

David H. Au, Christopher L. Bryson, Jason W. Chien, Haili Sun, Edmunds M. Udris, Laura E. Evans, Katharine A. Bradley

Original Article

Trends in Primary Care Clinician Perceptions of a New Electronic Health Record

Robert El-Kareh, Tejal K. Gandhi, Eric G. Poon, Lisa P. Newmark, Jonathan Ungar, Stuart Lipsitz, Thomas D. Sequist

Original Article

Comparing Care for Breast Cancer Survivors to Non-Cancer Controls: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study

Claire F. Snyder, Kevin D. Frick, Kimberly S. Peairs, Melinda E. Kantsiper, Robert J. Herbert, Amanda L. Blackford, Antonio C. Wolff, Craig C. Earle

Open Access Original Article

The Contribution of Cancer Incidence, Stage at Diagnosis and Survival to Racial Differences in Years of Life Expectancy

Mitchell D. Wong, Susan L. Ettner, W. John Boscardin, Martin F. Shapiro

Original Article

Providers’ Experiences Treating Chronic Pain Among Opioid-Dependent Drug Users

Karina M. Berg, Julia H. Arnsten, Galit Sacajiu, Alison Karasz

Open Access Original Article

National Survey of Patients’ Bill of Rights Statutes

Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, Dan M. Jacob, Mark Hochhauser, Ruth M. Parker

Original Article

Physician Cultural Competence and Patient Ratings of the Patient-Physician Relationship

Kathryn A. Paez, Jerilyn K. Allen, Mary Catherine Beach, Kathryn A. Carson, Lisa A. Cooper

Original Article

Hypertension Guideline Adherence Among Nursing Home Patients

Paul E. Drawz, Cristina Bocirnea, Katarina B. Greer, Julian Kim, Florian Rader, Patrick Murray

Original Article

Antiviral and Antibiotic Prescribing for Influenza in Primary Care

Jeffrey A. Linder, Harry Reyes Nieva, William A. Blumentals

Original Article

Patient–Provider Communication About Sexual Health Among Unmarried Middle-aged and Older Women

Mary C. Politi, Melissa A. Clark, Gene Armstrong, Kelly A. McGarry, Christopher N. Sciamanna

Brief Report

Medical Record Documentation of Patients’ Hearing Loss by Physicians

Christopher F. Halpin, Lisa I. Iezzoni, Steven Rauch

Original Article

Identifying Patients with Post-discharge Care Problems Using an Interactive Voice Response System

Alan J. Forster, Loree Boyle, Kaveh G. Shojania, Thomas E. Feasby, Carl van Walraven

Open Access Health Policy

U.S. Physicians’ Views on Financing Options to Expand Health Insurance Coverage: A National Survey

Danny McCormick, Steffie Woolhandler, Anjali Bose-Kolanu, Antonio Germann, David H. Bor, David U. Himmelstein

Case Reports/Clinical Vignettes

Delayed Diagnosis of Biopsy-Negative Giant Cell Arteritis Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin

Valentin S. Schäfer, Kenneth J. Warrington, Eric E. Williamson, Tanaz A. Kermani

Open Access Reflection

BAIT

Aaliya Yaqub

Reflection

A Foundation of Failure

Mike Stillman

Editorial

Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms

Jeffrey L. Jackson, Susan George, Sherri Hinchey

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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.