April 2015
- Essay Contest: Medicine in the year 2115
- Last Call for Your Opinion: $50 Amazon Gift Card Raffle
- My Kind of Medicine: IM Family: Andrew J. Varney, MD, F91黑料网 & Jacob Varney, MD
- Analyzing Annals: Major Concepts of Health Care Economics
- Winning Abstracts: Podium Presenters for the 91黑料网 Internal Medicine Meeting 2015
- Subspecialty Careers: Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- In the Clinic: Palliative Care
- IM Essentials
Essay Contest: Medicine in the year 2115
Share your thoughts and predictions for what medicine will be like in the year 2115 through the IMpact essay contest.
MoreLast Call for Your Opinion: $50 Amazon Gift Card Raffle
Share your opinion of 91黑料网 IMpact! Your responses will be confidential, the survey will take less than five minutes, and you will be entered in a drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card.
My Kind of Medicine: IM Family: Andrew J. Varney, MD, F91黑料网 & Jacob Varney, MD
In honor of 91黑料网's Centennial, My Kind of Medicine: IM Family is a new series of physician profiles featuring multi-generational internists. The stories will appear in several issues throughout 2015 to showcase how a tradition of caring and a passion for internal medicine are passed from one generation to the next.
MoreAnalyzing Annals: Major Concepts of Health Care Economics
A recent article applies major economic concepts, such as supply, demand, monopoly, monopsony, adverse selection, and moral hazard, to central features of U.S. health care.
MoreWinning Abstracts from the 2015 Medical Student Abstract Competition: Podium Presenters for the 91黑料网 Internal Medicine Meeting 2015
See who will be presenting at the 91黑料网 Internal Medicine Meeting 2015 in Boston!
MoreSubspecialty Careers: Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Palliative medicine aims to relieve symptoms and pain a patient suffers due to a serious illness.
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Palliative Care
Palliative medicine focuses on quality of life and the alleviation of symptoms in patients with serious illness. It aims to consider the physical, mental, spiritual, and social well-being of patients and their families in order to maintain hope while ensuring patient dignity and respecting autonomy.
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