- What should physicians, patients and surrogates consider when choosing whether to maintain or stop treatment? Claire J. Creutzfeldt, MD, and Robert G. Holloway, MD, MPH, explore the uncertainties and values that are important to weigh when making life or death decisions ~ Treatment Decisions for a Future Self (JAMA)
- When Sonia M. Vallabh, PhD, found out she had a fatal genetic mutation, she and her husband switched careers so they could begin searching for a cure ~ The Patient-Scientist’s Mandate (New England Journal of Medicine)
- “Marie asked me not to abandon her to die in pain. Yet when she asked me for help, I froze,” writes Samuel D. Slavin, MD, reflecting on his feelings of powerlessness to help a patient facing deportation ~ Doctoring and Deportation (JAMA)
- “The injury was fatal. We knew this the moment he arrived in the emergency room,” writes Joseph Stern, MD, who explores the challenges clinicians and families face when talking about withdrawing treatment ~ Dying in the Neurosurgical I.C.U. (New York Times)
Fred N. Pelzman, MD, of Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates and weekly blogger for MedPage Today, follows what’s going on in the world of primary care medicine. Pelzman’s Picks is a compilation of links to blogs, articles, tweets, journal studies, opinion pieces, and news briefs related to primary care that caught his eye.
Source: MedicalNewsToday.com
