Search results for "Humanities"
Chapter Awardees
Chapters honor Members, Fellows, and Masters of ACP who have demonstrated by their example and conduct an abiding commitment to excellence in medical care, education, research, or service to their community, their chapter, and ACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/11/awards.htm
1 Nov 2013
Dismissing patients always a last resort
Stopping the physician-patient relationship can be seen as abandonment if not done properly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/09/dismiss.htm
1 Sep 2013
Internship reflects how patient care guides medical education
Our columnist reflects on his just-completed intern year.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/07/residents.htm
1 Jul 2013
New research links empathy to outcomes
Everyone wants to have a physician who understands what they're feeling, but it's not just about human contact; better clinical outcomes can result from physician empathy.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/03/empathy.htm
1 Mar 2013
Stories of real patients reinforce the values of medicine
Three patients' stories remind a physician why he chose to become a doctor, and of the rewards and responsibilities that accompany that.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/09/presidents.htm
1 Sep 2012
How many are too many for CT scans?
As many as one-third of the 70 million imaging tests ordered during the year may not be needed. Experts attempt to determine whether repeated radiation scanning doses could prove potentially yet unintentionally harmful.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/02/CT.htm
1 Feb 2011
Doctors debate the ethics of assisted suicide
The medical community and the world at large are looking at how physician-assisted suicide has played out in Washington, Oregon and Montana. Are these states a bellwether or a death knell for legalizing the issue elsewhere? And how should physicians respond when presented with such requests from their patients?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/07/suicide.htm
1 Jul 2010
Bringing comfort to patients through palliative care
A primary care internist with a background in hospital medicine, hospice care and psychiatry explains how he grew an inpatient consult service to include outpatient services, home services and research programs.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/05/profile.htm
1 May 2010
Reflecting on a year of service, leadership, honor and privilege
ACP's president offers his final thoughts on a year of service to the College, the passage of health care reform, and the modern version of the Hippocratic Oath.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/04/presidents.htm
1 Apr 2010
College Fellows honored
Two ACP Fellows were recently honored, one for contributions to bioethics and one for volunteerism.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/01/26/13.htm
26 Jan 2010