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AAMC Reporter
Debate Over Specialty Hospitals Continues
To some observers, specialty physician-owned hospitals represent faster, safer medical care. To others, these facilities are the epitome of profit-driven, elitist healthcare that will push community hospitals over the financial precipice. More >>
Deans' Report Charts New Course for Medical Education
Responding to growing concerns about the quality of physician training in the United States, a group of deans issued a report that details the shortcomings of the current medical education system. More >>
Crossing an Ethical Frontier:
Research on the Brain Dead
The 1987 Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, which governs organ transplants, allows research on brain-dead patients. But although this kind of research is legal, it is still unregulated. More >>
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Transformations in Research
Mammography Database Offers Hope for Breast Cancer Treatment
Until 2002, women would wait months for mammogram results. A group led by the University of Pennsylvania eliminated the waiting period with
the National Digital Mammography Archive (NDMA), the largest database of its
kind. More >>
A Word from
the President:
Instituting Improvement in Medical Education
Viewpoint:
Shortening the Timeline for New Cancer Therapy
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Also in the September Issue:
Honorable Service
In a world where doctors are criticized for a perceived lack of altruism and excessive concern for the bottom line, two physicians are breaking stereotypes by working for the National Health Service Corps.
Fighting Breast Cancer
Although the survival rate for breast cancer victims is higher now than 15 years ago, the number of diagnoses continues to rise, creating a dire need for better detection and treatment methods.
Ending Disparity
As healthcare disparities increase along racial and ethnic lines, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund encourages states to develop a policy that targets health disparities.
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