From the Library

• Medical Management of Vulnerable & Underserved Patients: Policy, Principles, and Practice

  Author: Talmadge King Jr., Margaret Wheeler, Alicia Fernandez, Dean Schillinger, Andy Bindman, Kevin Grumbach and Teresa Villela
  (Sep 2007) A clinically-oriented textbook, designed for students and practitioners of all health professions: this book describes what clinicians can do to improve care for vulnerable populations and reduce disparities in health and health care that may result from race, class, poverty, education attainment, etc. Much focus is on the interplay between social factors/socially determined risk, the common illnesses affecting the vulnerable, and how best to adapt or create treatment plans and health systems to mitigate the effects of vulnerability on health and health care. Read More >>

• Managing Medical Resources: Return to the Commons?

  Author: Cassel CK, Brennan TE
  (Jun 13, 2007) The authors discuss why it is so important that doctors must be committed to managing medical resources.  Read More >>

• A National Survey of Physician-Industry Relationships

  Author: EG Campbell, RL Gruen, J Mountford, LG Miller, PD Cleary, D Blumenthal
  (Apr 26, 2007) Relationships between physicians and pharmaceutical, medical device, and other medically related industries have received considerable attention in recent years. The authors surveyed physicians to collect information about their financial associations with industry and the factors that predict those associations.  The results of this national survey indicate that relationships between physicians and industry are common and underscore the variation among such relationships according to specialty, practice type, and professional activities. Read More >>