Pulse

Briefs

Students lend a mano, assessign cultural savvy, studying the world.

Passage to India

The University of Minnesota's physician group forms its first international partnership.

Field Medicine

Rural Minnesota has always welcomed migrant workers. But making sure they get health care hasn't been easy.

Transplant Travel Guide

A Minnesota researcher sheds light on the medical risks of overseas transplants.

Hidden Hurt

Primary care providers play an essential role in identifying victims of trauma and torture.

Book Review

Spreading Germs

By Charles R. Meyer, M.D.

A medical historian looks at how diseases from foreigners have fueled fear.

March 2007 | Contents

Feature

Global Health Hot Zone

By Marc Hequet

Minnesota has become a haven for newcomers to this country and a hub for experts in international health.

Perspectives

Lessons from Rwanda

By Robert Levin, M.D.

What continues to bring one U.S. physician back to Africa.

Songs for Wakinesh

By Peter Stiles

Sometimes music is the best medicine.

Commentary

When the Market Fails, the Poor Pay

By Mrinal M. Patnaik, M.D., William M. Stauffer, M.D., M.S.P.H., Ann Campagna, M.D., Carol I. Stauffer, M.S.W., M.P.H., Patricia Walker, M.D.

The story of Kala Azar illustrates the inequities in global health care.

Quality Rounds

Open to Interpretation

By Scott D. Smith

Having qualified interpreters is important to patient safety. But who's to say what makes an interpreter qualified?

Clinical and Health Affairs

Hearing Hoofbeats and Thinking Zebras: Five Diseases Common Among Refugees that Minnesota Physicians Need to Know About

By William Stauffer, M.D., M.S.P.H., and Meghan Rothenberger, M.D.

 

Global Climate Change and Human Health

By Jonathan Sellman, M.D., and J. Drake Hamilton

 

The "Healthy Migrant" Effect

By Katherine Fennelly, Ph.D.

 

Editor's Note

The World Comes Home

 

MMA Viewpoint

The Academy for Your Education, the MMA for Your Practice

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