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Correlates of young physicians' support for unionization to maintain professional influenceV U Collier
Department of Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE 19718, USA
Acad Med 76:1039-44. 2001..A resolution in support of physicians' unionization was recently approved by the American Medical Association's House of Delegates. This study investigated the factors associated with young physicians' approval of unionization...
Stress in medical residency: status quo after a decade of reform?Virginia U Collier
Department of Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, PO Box 6001, Newark, Delaware 19718, USA
Ann Intern Med 136:384-90. 2002..Although curricular reforms have attempted to address sources of stress in medical residency, no recent studies have examined the financial or emotional situations of current medicine residents...
Chaperone use by residents during pelvic, breast, testicular, and rectal examsD B Ehrenthal
Department of Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE, USA
J Gen Intern Med 15:573-6. 2000..It would be valuable to develop guidelines for chaperone use to help residents understand the issues involved in the choices, and to protect the residents from the possible medico-legal consequences of forgoing chaperones...
Physicians' decisions to withhold and withdraw life-sustaining treatmentNeil J Farber
Department of Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, Delaware 19899, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:560-4. 2006..Few data are available about physicians' decisions in regard to withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining measures. We therefore studied internists' views on this subject...
Physicians' willingness to report impaired colleaguesNeil J Farber
Department of Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, 501 West 14th Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19899, USA
Soc Sci Med 61:1772-5. 2005..001). We conclude that physicians should be educated on the availability and functioning of PHPs and the ethical and legal obligations of assisting impaired colleagues...
Frequency and perceived competence in providing palliative care to terminally ill patients: a survey of primary care physiciansNeil J Farber
Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, Delaware 19899, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 28:364-72. 2004..Internists and family practitioners provide palliative care to patients, but feel their skills are lacking in certain areas. Training may improve care to patients at the end of life...
The good news about giving bad news to patientsNeil J Farber
Received from Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, Del 19899, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:914-22. 2002..There are few data available on how physicians inform patients about bad news. We surveyed internists about how they convey this information...
Residents' prescription writing for nonpatientsBrian M Aboff
Department of Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, 501 W 14th St, Wilmington, DE 19899, USA
JAMA 288:381-5. 2002..Little is known, however, about residents' patterns of prescription writing outside of supervision or about residents' knowledge of the ethical and legal guidelines that regulate prescription writing...
Primary care physicians' decisions about discharging patients from their practicesNeil J Farber
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:283-7. 2008..To study general internists' and family medicine physicians' attitudes and experiences in discharging patients from their practices...
Primary care practitioners' understanding of physiatric practice: effects on intention to referCristin McKenna
Department of Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 86:881-8. 2005..Primary care physicians should be educated about the benefits of referring patients to physiatrists...
Redesigning training for internal medicineSteven E Weinberger
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106, USA
Ann Intern Med 144:927-32. 2006..Better faculty models must be developed that build on the concept of a "core faculty," improve the rewards for teaching faculty, and provide appropriate faculty development focusing on a necessary set of educator competencies...
