American Medical News 1993 - Abstracts

American Medical News 1993
TitleSubjectAuthors
Abortion providers share inner conflicts. (workshops with the National Abortion Federation)HealthDiane Gianelli
After reform's premiere - then what? (health care reform) (Editorial)Health 
Agents of change: how one medical school is preparing students for the growing diversity among them. (Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois) (The changing face of medicine)HealthElizabeth DeVita
AMA-ERF awards grants to U.S. medical schools. (American Medical Association Education and Research Foundation)(includes list of grants awarded) (Directory)Health 
AMA leaders outline reform action plan. (American Medical Association)(open letter to physicians) (Column)HealthJoseph T. Painter, Lonnie R. Bristow
AMA letter was a necessary step. (American Medical Association letter to Ira Magaziner, aide to President Clinton on health care reform) (Editorial)Health 
AMA plan is compass for action. (American Medical Association's Corporate Strategic Plan) (Editorial)Health 
AMA to push wider use of relative values. (American Medical Association favors resource-based relative value insurance payment system)HealthHoward Larkin, Julie Johnsson
A reply to: 'Why doesn't the AMA do something? (the American Medical Association responds to physicians who are frustrated by its perceived inaction)HealthRobert. M. Tenery Jr.
Are younger physicians less unhappy in medicine? (The changing face of medicine)HealthLisa Newman
Bankrupt: the consequences can be severe, and a six-figure income won't always protect you. (includes related articles on bankruptcy and on avoiding mistakes)HealthAnne Stein
Be open with patients about fees. (Editorial)Health 
Bureaucracy hangs as millstone around our necks. (physicians and patients) (Column)HealthVirendra Saxena
Calif. board to police doctors with 'tickets.' (the Medical Board of California will issue citations to physicians who violate practice rules)HealthTim Kirn
Calif. Medical Board slated for 'meaningful reform.' (the Medical Board of California, accused of mismanagement, will be reorganized by new director Dixon Arnett)HealthTim Kirn
Career recycling for physicians with physical disabilities. (includes a list of resources)HealthJoe Ann Jackson
Child care crisis especially acute for women doctors. (Column)HealthAnne Phelan-Adams
Confronting medicine's glass ceiling. (Editorial)Health 
Confronting the human condition - and being changed. (a physician's subjectivity influences his practice) (Column)HealthPaul J. Chappano
Curbing television's violent streak. (Editorial)Health 
Despite ban's lift, no abortions at military hospitals.Health 
Disabilities law also affects business side of practice. (effect of Americans with Disabilities Act on medical practices)HealthRobert Solomon
Doctors came to do good, but it was too little, too fast. (Guatemala)HealthMark Brazaitis
Doctors create a place for kids to reach out and touch. (New Jersey Children's Museum in Paramus, New Jersey offers hands-on exhibits, including several on medicine)Health 
Doctor shootings force hospitals to reconsider security. (physicians assaulted by an ex-patient in a Los Angeles, CA, hospital)HealthJanice Perrone
Doctors launch sticker campaign against smoking ads. (members of the Medical and Chirugical Faculty of Maryland)HealthBruce Goldfarb
Doctors' pay poll is 'stupid,' reflects sick society. (Column)HealthMike Rothko
Doctors see MBA as key to personal, career fulfillment. (Master of Business Administration)HealthDavid Coburn
Doctors should take lead in fixing managed care. (Column)HealthVincent W. Cangello
Does government need the control it is seeking? (health care reform) (Column)HealthHershberg Susan Adelman
Do you listen to your patients - or their parents? (Column)HealthJames N. Fancher
Dreaming of an end to the nightmare of malpractice. (what physicians can do to reduce malpractice suits) (Column)HealthIrwin A. Oppenheim
Emphasize prevention, 'sin taxes,' panel told. (Senate Aging Committee holds hearing on health issues)HealthElizabeth DeVita
Family physician listens, and teaches what he learned.HealthJohn E. Verby Jr.
Filling the GAPS in adolescent health. (Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services, an initiative of the American Medical Association) (Editorial)Health 
Foreign doctors to fill shortages - only in W. Va.? (Department of Labor immigration plan recognizes physician shortage only in West Virginia)HealthMilan Korcok
Free vaccine plan won't be national immunization cure-all.HealthRebecca Voelkner
Funding growth: there are plenty of capital resources beyond the local bank. Here's a guide to finding the right one. (Vertical Integration: Restructuring Medical Practice in an Era of Reform.)HealthJudith Nemes
Gaslight-era attitudes hobble today's medicine. (Column)HealthRichard F. Corlin
Gazing into the future of reform. (health care industry) (Editorial)Health 
Getting a leg up on managed care. (Editorial)Health 
'Hassle-free zones' would solve rural care problem. (red tape should be reduced for physicians who practice in rural areas) (Column)HealthJ.N. Brouillette
Helping doctors out of illness maze. (physician health problems) (Editorial)Health 
Helping your patients stay healthy. (American Medical Association launches Living Well America, a health newsletter for the general public) (Editorial)Health 
Here are colleagues on health reform work groups. (physicians advising the Clinton administration on health care reform)HealthSandra Lee Breisch
HIV blood test counseling.Health 
How the 'changing faces' fit into organized medicine. (physician diversity) (The changing face of medicine) (Column)Health 
IMGs can waive foreign residency requirements. (international medical graduates)HealthCarl Shusterman
Is medicine doing more to accommodate families? (physician quality of life) (The changing face of medicine)HealthLaurie Jones
It's time for the AMA to break its silence, accept gays. (American Medical Association) (Column)HealthJoshua M. Sharfstein, Yngvild K. Olsen
It's time to cut self-referral ties. (Editorial)Health 
It's time to douse fire on physician pay. (study released by the Families USA Foundation finds negative public opinion of physician salaries) (Editorial)Health 
It's time to halt the 'wave' of negativism. (American health care system is sound)HealthJ.N. Brouillette
It's time to retire Old Joe Camel. (R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. should drop its Joe Camel character) (Editorial)Health 
Knowing what patients think could help you survive. (surveying patients) (Expert's Corner)HealthRobert J. Solomoon
Learning to live with electronic billing. (Editorial)Health 
Learn to see patient as a person, med school says. (Northwestern University Medical School)Health 
Lesson of health reform learned through tickets for lunch. (seminar on health care financing reform) (Column)HealthLinda A. Fisher
Liability lottery a costly bad habit. (Editorial)Health 
Lifelong exposure. (doctors should monitor effect of pollution on the elderly; includes related article)HealthRuth Larson
Managed competition and the physician surplus. (Column)HealthUwe E. Reinhardt
MDs help in federal executions? Proposed rules on lethal injections surprise medical community. (medical doctors; includes related article)HealthLeeAnn Lodder
Medical savings accounts will empower patients. (Column)HealthFrank A. Rogers
Medicare curbs sought - again. (Clinton administration planning)HealthSharon Mcllrath
Medicare to pay for pre- and post-surgical consults. (RBRVS Answers)Health 
Medicine ponders effects of Michigan suicide law.HealthEric Freedman
More doctors sign up to participate in Medicare.Health 
Muddling the message? Critics say Medicare study is flawed, but agree pay is too low. (William Hsiao's controversial report criticizes Medicare's physician payment reform)HealthSandra Lee Breisch
Need for a two-person balance between home, work. (physician life)(First Person) (Column)HealthLinda A. Fisher
New studies find most heart procedures are appropriate. (Journal of American Medical Association; studies analyzed coronary procedures conducted in New York State)Health 
No high school diploma, but he teaches surgery. (South Africa's Hamilton Naki teaches surgery at the University of Capetown Medical School but receives little pay)Health 
Ontario hospitals are looking to woo U.S. patients.HealthMilan Korcok
On the road again; media tour pushes AMA reform message. (American Medical Association's Richard Corlin takes healthcare message on the road)Health 
Payment reform - a work in progress. (analysis of Medicare's relative value scale payment systems)Health 
Physician data require safeguards. (physician performance data) (Editorial)Health 
Physicians share varying views on euthanasia. (five essays condensed and excerpted from Cincinnati Medicine) (Column)HealthRebecca Bechhold, Nolan Weinberg, E. Gordon Margolin, Craig P. Cleveland, Barbara Morris
Plan to boost collections - without losing patients. (collecting funds from overdue accounts)HealthMichael J. Berry
Pleading for compliance: pediatricians implored to vaccinate infants against hepatitis B.HealthLaurie Anderson
PPRC calls for one-two punch in health system reform. (the Physician Payment Review Commission suggests implementing elements from both rate-setting and managed competition health care reform plans)Health 
Predictions on what physicians may find in the future. (The changing face of medicine)HealthDeWitt C. Baldwin Jr., David B. Nash, Edward H. O'Neil, James F. Rodgers, David Satcher, Sheila A. Ryan
Public might accept taxes if insurance were guaranteed. (56% approved of taxes on job benefits if health insurance could continue after job ends)Health 
Pulling for a piece of the health care market. (nurses, other professionals want bigger share)Health 
Putting out the flames that threaten medicine. (dealing with rising medical costs) (Column)HealthVirendra Saxena
Reform fever: what a difference a year makes. (health care reform) (Editorial)Health 
Residents cautious despite employment offer deluge. (medical residents fear that the quality of life for physicians may deteriorate)Health 
Response and relief on resident hours. (physicians' working hours in residency programs) (Editorial)Health 
Revisiting the House of God. (discussion of book by Boston psychiatrist)HealthDelia O'Hara
Russian medicine takes foray into bioethics.HealthNina Sandin
Saving money in funding for buyout of your medical practice. (strategies for financing the buyout of a physician's practice)HealthKenneth P. Brier
Senator urges physicians to be flexible on health reform. (Senator Jay Rockefeller)Health 
Students - and patients - can serve as teachers, too. (doctor-patient relations) (Column)HealthMichael J. McClure
Take a moment for women; study needs your help to shed light on women physicians. (study funded by American Medical Association Education and Research Foundation) (Editorial)Health 
Taking the message to Washington. (the American Medical Association participates in health care reform planning conference; 'A Time for New Partnership' on Mar 23-25, 1993) (Editorial)Health 
Task force hearing shows there's still no consensus on reform. (health care reform)Health 
Terror against doctors must stop. (Editorial)Health 
The best prescription might be just taking time to care. (physicians should treat elderly patients with respect and dignity) (Column)HealthDavid Z. Morgan
The pleasure of possession. (physician Walter O. Evans collects African-American art and literature)(includes related article)HealthShirley Moskow
There are no short-term health fixes in Third World. (Column)HealthArthur M. Smith
There are ways to make medicines accessible. (drug pricing) (Column)HealthSheldon G. Gilgore
Three more strikes against tobacco. (Editorial)Health 
Time & a bottle: the retirement years drive too many elderly to drink, posing a challenge for physicians.HealthElizabeth Devita
Time and change in HIV testing. (Editorial)Health 
Training rife with sexual harassment. (study of physicians in University of California training program)Health 
U.S., Canada: health care demands considerably different. (Column)HealthRobert N. Moyers
U.S. needs fair, affordable national health care.HealthJose Lozano
Weighing an answer on reform. (health care reform) (Editorial)Health 
Welcome to the machine: doctors will more likely be employees than sole proprietors as medicine shifts from a cottage industry to a major corporate enterprise. (The changing face of medicine)HealthHoward Larkin
What medicine said about RBRVS. (medical groups comment on Medicare's Resource-Based Relative Value Scale for calculating physician reimbursement)Health 
What you can do to get your patient's insurer to pay.HealthJulie A. Goodwin
When health care gets down to the hard choices. (rationed health care) (Column)HealthRobert M. Kaiser
Who will aid the executioner? In Missouri, nurses have been called in to replace doctors. (includes related article)HealthLeeAnn Lodder
Will you get hit with retirement-plan success tax?HealthWilliam B. Howard Jr.
Writing the recipe for health benefits. (recommended benefits in the American Medical Association's health care reform plan) (Editorial)Health 
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