Without reform, is health care an endangered species? Volume 108, Issue 6 This issue of the Wisconsin Medical Journal demonstrates the need for health care reform, from both the patient and the physician’s perspective. With those perspectives in mind, and the decline in medical students choosing careers in general medicine, are generalists the next endangered species? Click on the cover to the left to open the new virtual Journal and read any of the articles below. The virtual Journal requires Flash software. To download Flash, click here. View the archived Wisconsin Medical Journal volumes here.

Commentaries

Letter to the Editor

The whooping cranes of medicine
John J. Frey, III, MD

As I See It: Show health the money
David Rakel, MD

Original Contributions

Consequences of Uninsurance in Wisconsin
Lois B. Taft, DNSc, RN; Katherine A. German-Olson, MSN, RN; Cindy Woldt-Schmidt, BSN, RN; Jennifer L. Johs-Artisensi, PhD, MPH; Eric M. Jamelske, PhD

Wisconsin Physician Opinions on Health Care Reform
Anne E. Getzin, BA; Kjersti E. Knox, BA; Alison Bergum, MPA; Lindsay Read, BA; Ceri Jenkins, MPA; Richard Rieselbach, MD; Chad Kniss, MA; Thomas R. Oliver, PhD; Donna Friedsam, MPH

Clinical Outcomes in a Community-Based Single Operator Coronary Interventional Program
Christian J. Posner, MD, PhD; Carol L. Kaufman, RT (R) (CV)

Career Satisfaction and Retention Risk Among Wisconsin Internists
Pradeep Giriyappa, MD; Kandis K. Sullivan, RN, PhD

Case Reports

Painless Blood Testing to Prevent Neonatal Sepsis
Dennis T. Costakos, MD; Jennifer Walden, MS, NNP-BC; Mary Therese Rinzel, RN, MSN; Lynn Dahlen, BSN, RNC

Treatment of Intractable Abdominal Pain Patient with Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome Using Spinal Cord Stimulation
Alexander E. Yakovlev, MD; Beth E. Resch, APNP

Your Profession

AMA and Wisconsin Medical Society: together we are stronger
Cyril M. “Kim” Hetsko, MD, FACP

Integration of spine research and clinical activities drives innovation, outcomes
Jonathan I. Ravdin, MD

A project to reduce potentially inappropriate medications and drug interactions
Jay A. Gold, MD, JD, MPH

Your Practice

Sentinel events, disruptive behavior, and medical staff codes of conduct
Michelle Leiker, JD


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