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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 12 JORDAN J. COHEN, M.D., PRESIDENT SEPTEMBER 2001

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Advancing Quality Care at the End of Life
For too many people in the United States, death is a needlessly lonely and painful experience. “Patients and families often feel abandoned at the end of life,” says David Weissman, M.D., director of the palliative medicine program at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). “Doctors tell patients there is nothing more they can do for them, but there is.”

 


 

 

 

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Replicating the ‘Real Thing’: How Virtual Reality Is Transforming Medical Education
Proponents of using virtual reality technology to train medical students and residents liken their efforts to those used by the military and the airline industry to train new pilots.


A Hippocratic Oath for Our Time
It invokes Greek gods. It promotes nutritional therapy as the first defense against illness. It forbids euthanasia, abortion, and surgical procedures. It invokes dishonor and shame if it is sworn to falsely.


 

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11 December 2002