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AAMC Reporter: September 2007

In the News

Physicians, Patients Aim for Good Medical Practice
Creators of a new document hope it will be a modern update on the Hippocratic oath.

Hospitals Strive to Report Community Benefit Initiatives Better
A proposed revision to an Internal Revenue Service tax reporting form will require all tax-exempt hospitals to document their community benefit programs.

Children's Hospitals Save Young Lives with Targeted Initiatives
The latest in the Reporter's "Models in Quality" series examines several children's hospitals with various initiatives aimed at improving patient care quality.

Court Rejects Claim to Experimental Drug Access
Last month, a Washington, D.C., appellate court ruled against the Abigail Alliance, a patient advocacy group that had sought to compel the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to allow incurable patients access to experimental drugs after phase I clinical trials.

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In Every Issue

A Word from the President
"Our Annual Meeting: 2008 and Beyond"

Viewpoint
"An Academic Physician's Experience in Operation Iraqi Freedom"
By Richard N. Bradley, M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Ivar Mendez, M.D., puts the finishing touches on a clay model of his mentor, Charles Drake

The Back Page
"Molded to Perfection"
Nova Scotia's Ivar Mendez, M.D., finds common ground between art and science.

The Print Issue

Animal Use Gets Put to the Test
Space: A New Frontier of Health Care
A Doctor's Ultimate Challenge

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The AAMC Reporter (ISSN 1544-0540), the association's flagship news publication, covers major programs and initiatives at the AAMC and member institutions, as well as the broader issues that affect the academic medical community. Each month, the AAMC Reporter informs the academic medicine community with articles on conferences and meetings addressing critical issues; enlightens with timely features on topics as diverse as medical student community service, women's health education, and affirmative action; notifies constituents of upcoming AAMC events; and alerts readers to future shifts in the ever-changing medical education and health care environments through analytical articles written by experts in the field. Subscribe now.