Pulse

Briefs

National family physicians’ ad courts consumers, testing Dr. Nurse, geriatric medicine, the latest match stats.

Face Lift

Primary care doctors are getting into the beauty business.

When Worlds Collide

Doctors and parents don’t always think alike. How a few pediatricians deal with the differences.

Quality Rounds

Subtle Reminder

By Scott D. Smith

Sending interpreters on hospital rounds increases their visibility and the likelihood that patients and staff will make use of their expertise.

Medicine, Law, and Policy

Letting Good Deeds Go Unpunished

By Karolyn Stirewalt, J.D.

Both Minnesota and federal law offer protections to physicians who volunteer their services.

End Notes

Solve a Puzzle, Stave Off Dementia


May 2008 | Table of Contents

Feature Stories

Doctors Wanted

By Jeanne Mettner | Illustration by Andree Tracey

Demand for hospitalists is booming, and primary care providers are responding.

Coming Home

By Kim Kiser

The medical home approach takes us back to the way medicine was practiced years ago, when physicians and patients had long-standing relationships.

Perspective

The Dodo or the Phoenix?

Physicians weigh in on the future of primary care.

Commentary

A Better Way

By George Schoephoerster, M.D.

We know what's needed in primary care.
Now lets fund it.

Clinical and Health Affairs

Primary Care in Minnesota: An Academic Health Center’s Perspective

By Kathleen D. Brooks, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.A., Jennifer E. Cieslak, Ed.M., Peter M. Radcliffe, Ph.D., and Kaia Sjogren, B.S.N., M.P.H. candidate

 

Physician Assistant Practice in Minnesota: Providing Care as Part of a Physician-Directed Team

By Beverly A. Kimball, B.S.N., PA-C, and Walter S. Rothwell, B.S., PA-C

 

Editor's Note

Personalized Medicine

 

MMA Viewpoint

"Save Medicare" Bill is Focus of MMA Trip to Washington

 

MMA News

MMA Helps Shape Health Care Reform
As Session End Nears, What’s Still Possible?
Governor, Lawmakers Enter Final Budget Negotiations
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