The Costs of Medical Progress
When historians of medicine introduce students to the transformation of acute, life-threatening, often terminal illness into long-term, manageable, chronic illness – a major aspect of 20th-century...
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“Fear of the needle is usually acquired in childhood. The psychic trauma to millions of the population produced in this way undoubtedly creates obstacles to good doctor-patient relationships,...
View Article“Scope of Practice” Minefields
“. . . my clinical practice as a women’s health NP began in the mid-1970s. My colleagues who had gone on to academic careers questioned my commitment to nursing and to nursing values. A common...
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