Issue 8/2009
Content (23 Articles)
Pulse Pressure Predicts Mortality in Elderly Patients
Avraham Weiss, Mona Boaz, Yichayaou Beloosesky, Ran Kornowski, Ehud Grossman
Reducing the Prescribing of Heavily Marketed Medications: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Robert J. Fortuna, Fang Zhang, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Francis X. Campion, Jonathan A. Finkelstein, Jamie B. Kotch, Adrianne C. Feldstein, David H. Smith, Steven R. Simon
Alternative Approaches to Ambulatory Training: Internal Medicine Residents’ and Program Directors’ Perspectives
Kris G. Thomas, Colin P. West, Carol Popkave, Lisa M. Bellini, Steven E. Weinberger, Joseph C. Kolars, Jennifer R. Kogan
More Than a Pain in the Neck: How Discussing Chronic Pain Affects Hypertension Medication Intensification
Sarah L. Krein, Timothy P. Hofer, Rob Holleman, John D. Piette, Mandi L. Klamerus, Eve A. Kerr
Characteristics of Uninsured Americans with Chronic Kidney Disease
Yoshio N. Hall, Rudolph A. Rodriguez, Edward J. Boyko, Glenn M. Chertow, Ann M. O’Hare
Understanding their Options: Determinants of Hospice Discussion for Older Persons with Advanced Illness
John M. Thomas, John R. O’Leary, Terri R. Fried
Impact of a Pre-Clinical Clinical Skills Curriculum on Student Performance in Third-Year Clerkships
Molly Blackley Jackson, Misbah Keen, Marjorie D. Wenrich, Doug C. Schaad, Lynne Robins, Erika A. Goldstein
Is an Exercise Tolerance Test Indicated Before Beginning Regular Exercise? A Decision Analysis
Dror Lahav, Moshe Leshno, Mayer Brezis
Statewide Evaluation of Measuring Physician Delivery of Self-Management Support in Chronic Disease Care
Thomas D. Sequist, Ted von Glahn, Angela Li, William H. Rogers, Dana Gelb Safran
Internal Medicine Resident Self-report of Factors Associated with Career Decisions
Colin P. West, Monica M. Drefahl, Carol Popkave, Joseph C. Kolars
Comparison of Medicine Resident Diabetes Care Between Veterans Affairs and Academic Health Care Systems
Benjamin J. Powers, Steven C. Grambow, Matthew J. Crowley, David E. Edelman, Eugene Z. Oddone
Population-Based Fracture Risk Assessment and Osteoporosis Treatment Disparities by Race and Gender
Jeffrey R. Curtis, Leslie A. McClure, Elizabeth Delzell, Virginia J. Howard, Eric Orwoll, Kenneth G. Saag, Monika Safford, George Howard
Acculturation and Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Older Latino Adults: Differential Associations by National Origin
Aimee Afable-Munsuz, Su-Ying Liang, Ninez A. Ponce, Judith M. E. Walsh
Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
Vincenza Snow, Dennis Beck, Tina Budnitz, Doriane C. Miller, Jane Potter, Robert L. Wears, Kevin B. Weiss, Mark V. Williams
How Well Do Guidelines Incorporate Evidence on Patient Preferences?
Christopher AKY Chong, Ing-je Chen, Gary Naglie, Murray D. Krahn
Tackling Care Transitions: Mom and Apple Pie vs. the Devil in the Details
Vineet M. Arora
Testing for CYP2C9 Before Anticoagulant Therapy
Mark H. Eckman, Steven M. Greenberg, Jonathan Rosand
Spirituality and Religion in Patients with HIV/AIDS
Sian Cotton, Christina M. Puchalski, Susan N. Sherman, Joseph M. Mrus, Amy H. Peterson, Judith Feinberg, Kenneth I. Pargament, Amy C. Justice, Anthony C. Leonard, Joel Tsevat