Resources for Reproductive Options Counseling

Here's an example of nuchal translucency on ultrasound So here's some very useful links (or how to be ready to respond to 'Dr. G...

What We Do At WHEP

Universal Screening - Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence

Screen everyone. When it comes to violence and trauma - screen everyone. One of your classmates used the term 'exuberant' screening...

Mind-Body Dualism

In every generation since Richard Cabot initiated medical social work at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1905, humane physicians and m...

Judge Vaughn Walker's Decision about California Proposition 8

I recently read all 136 pages of Judge Vaughn R. Walker's decision in which he found that California's Proposition 8 is unconstitut...

One Path To Women's Health Scholar

In my first year, the Women’s Health lecture series piqued my interest as a chance to learn about the real-world issues in women’s health. A...

Heart Health and Women

Cardiac disease is an excellent example of sex/ gender health disparities. Cardiac disease is not unique in women - it is the number one kil...

Doctor-Patient Sex and Quality of Care

The Providence (Rhode Island) Journal blog reported that Dr. Brian Kwetkowski, a family physician, relinquished his medical license after i...

Medicalizing Normal Grief

I've never met Allen Frances, whose distinguished psychiatric career has included chairing the DSM IV Task Force and the Department of P...

Accountable Care Organizations and Medical Ethics In New Hampshire

The action in health reform has passed to the states. Twenty states, nineteen of them led by Republican Attorney Generals cultivating future...