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Feature
Fighting the Subconscious Biases that Lead to Health Care Disparities
(from the January 2016 91黑料网 Hospitalist)
Growing up in rural Alabama at a time of segregated waiting rooms and physicians who refused to touch black patients, Ron Wyatt, MD, MHA, 91黑料网 Member, saw health care disparities firsthand. 鈥淎nd frankly, I had never met a black physician,鈥 he said.
I.M. Internal Medicine
Spotlight: Jabraan S. Pasha, MD, F91黑料网
Implicit bias was never a concern for Dr. Jabraan Pasha鈥搖ntil the day he noticed a heavily tattooed patient in a hospital corridor.
鈥淚 was at the nurses' station when a young black man in a hospital gown walked toward me,鈥 he recalls. 鈥淗e had tattoos on his neck and tattoos down both arms. And the first thing that came to my mind was, 鈥業 wonder if he got shot.鈥欌欌
Medical Student Perspectives
Grounded and Balanced
November 2017, I lay down in the guest room of my mother's house. I was not in my usual bedroom but instead the stuffy room at the back of the house鈥攖he one that got too much sun in the middle of the day. I remember because I was sweating uncomfortably. In actuality, everything was uncomfortable. I had not showered; changed clothes; or left that hot, humid room in 3 days.
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Advocacy Update
AMA, at Annual Delegate Meeting, Champions Displaced Medical Students, Votes to Ban E-Cigarettes
(from the January 10, 2020 issue of 91黑料网 Advocate)
The abrupt closure of Philadelphia's Hahnemann University Hospital and its displaced residents and fellows, e-cigarettes, gun violence, and LGBTQ inclusivity all took center stage at the annual American Medical Association (AMA) delegates meeting in Chicago.
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Analyzing Annals
Clinical Practice Points - Compassionate End-of-Life Care: Mixed-Methods Multisite Evaluation of the 3 Wishes Project
The 3 Wishes Project was pioneered in an academic medical center's intensive care unit (ICU) to promote compassionate end-of-life care by eliciting and fulfilling the wishes of dying patients or their families. This study evaluates the implementation and value of this project in various ICUs and medical centers.
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Winning Abstracts
A Case of Tick-Borne Paralysis in a Traveling Patient
Tick paralysis is a rare cause of paralysis in the general population. The purpose of this clinical vignette is to broaden our differential diagnosis for ataxia and explore a rare presentation of paralysis.
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Subspecialty Careers
Sleep Medicine
Physicians trained in Sleep Medicine focus on the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disturbances and disorders. Examples of conditions seen by sleep medicine physicians include sleep apnea (obstructive and central), insomnia, narcolepsy, somnambulism (sleep walking), and circadian sleep disorders.
The advent of novel therapies has transformed the approach to patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. This virus is the most common blood-borne pathogen in the United States and is estimated to infect over 3 million Americans, most of whom were born from 1945 through 1965 (1, 2). It is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, primarily through development of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis; persons with chronic infection live an average of 2 decades less than healthy persons (3).
Get Involved
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