Pulse
Susan Rutten, M.D., who practices out of her home in central Minnesota, makes house calls, shuns insurance, and recently found herself in the thick of a public health scare.
The proliferation of retail-based clinics is forcing primary care doctors to re-examine the way they serve their patients.
Here’s how two family physicians are integrating their Christian beliefs with their medical practice in a time when faith and science often seem to be at odds.
Minnesota doctors are slowly moving toward making mental health care an integral part of primary care.
Quality Rounds
By Scott D. Smith
Treatment for chronic low-back pain—often flawed, inconsistent, and costly—is now in the crosshairs of a national quality organization and a local insurer and provider.
End Notes
By Nancy J. Baker, M.D.
A family physician who carries a black bag carries on a family and medical tradition.