Search results for "End of Life"
Bringing health to low-income patients in the clinic and media
Erin N. Marcus, FACP, authors a practical health column directed to readers who don't have enough financial resources or access to care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/11/profile.htm
1 Nov 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
Employer exemptions can create gaps in preventive services
The prospect of universal health insurance coverage was threatened when the Supreme Court carved out exemptions to employer-based health coverage, ACP's president says in his column about the College's support of the Affordable Care Act and preventive services without cost sharing.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/09/presidents.htm
1 Sep 2014
Medicare could stay solvent if stakeholders act soon
Congress faces unpopular options as they consider how to stay solvent through this decade and the next.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/03/washington.htm
1 Mar 2010
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