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Author Archive: Susan Gilbert
05/17/2013
The SUPPORT Study and the Standard of Care
John D. Lantos
05/13/2013
Learning to Talk Like a Doctor
Three years before beginning medical school, I got off a bus in Granada, Spain and met the family I would be living with for four months. My host parents, Carmen and Monolo, introduced themselves and asked how old I was, where I was from, and how many …
Nancy Berlinger
My sister called: “Get the orange card out of my wallet on the table. We need to call the study people.”
In July, we got the news – Dad’s colon cancer was back. He had a six-month prognosis, so we began the planning: a big 95th birthday party,…
04/24/2013
Shame and Guilt in Minnesota
Over the past month, a petition asking the governor of Minnesota to investigate a research scandal at the University of Minnesota has been steadily gathering momentum. The scandal in question originated in 2004 with the suicide of Dan Markingson in a…
04/01/2013
What if the Patient is Your Mother?
Susan Gilbert
William J. Peace
03/11/2013
Why Target National Obesity Rates?
In a recent article in the Hastings Center Report, Daniel Callahan argues that obesity is a serious public health problem facing the U.S. and suggests a variety of strategies for combating this problem. The article has provoked a great deal of public …
Since the 1960s, obesity has become one of the most significant health problems in industrialized nations. In the U.S., the percentage of obese adults increased from 13 percent in the 1960s to 32 percent in 2004. According to some estimates, 41 perce…