Pulse

Briefs

A Minneapolis hospital cuts the trans fat, disclosing physician-industry relationships.

Big Losers

Doctors who have lost weight are big winners in their patients’ eyes.

Civic Duty

Practicing medicine isn’t the only way some small-town physicians care for their communities.

A Voice for Kids

A pediatrics resident believes one of the best things she can do to improve the health of children is to speak out on their behalf.

Book Review

Straddling Kingdoms

A review by Charles R. Meyer, M.D.

Author Robert Klitzman shows how doctors struggle when they journey from doctorhood into patienthood.


April 2009 | Table of Contents

Cover Story

Role Reversal

By Cathy Madison

Four physicians tell how their own encounters with trauma and illness changed the way they live and practice.

Perspective

Role Models

Some not-so-secret admirers pay tribute to those who influenced them.

Commentary

Safeguard the First Rule of Medicine

By Jonathan Uecker, M.D.

Granting psychologists prescribing authority is not in patients’ best interests.

Clinical and Health Affairs

Teaching the Art of Healing

By Jennifer Pearson, M.D.

 

The Number of Embryos to Transfer: Current Practices in Minnesota

By Bruce Campbell, M.D., and Lisa Erickson, M.D.

 

Medicine, Law, and Policy

The Best Defense: A Guide to Disciplinary Proceedings before the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice

By Gregory Merz, J.D.

The way to attain the most favorable outcome possible is to understand the investigation and disciplinary process.

Editor's Note

Role Play

 

MMA Viewpoint

The MMA Wants to Hear from You

 

MMA News

Legislative Update
Budget Battle Lines Are Drawn

Tracking Reform

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