NEJM Interviews
NEJM Group
Insightful conversations with leading experts in the field of health care, medical research, policy, and more from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Each episode examines the many complexities found at the junction of medicine and society.
Episodes
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Jun 13, 2012 • 14min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Julie Cantor on court-ordered care for pregnant women in the United States.
Dr. Julie Cantor is an attorney and adjunct professor of law at the UCLA School of Law. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J.D. Cantor. Court-Ordered Care - A Complication of Pregnancy to Avoid. N Engl J Med 2012;366:2237-40.
Jun 6, 2012 • 14min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Arthur Kellermann on the increasing use of emergency departments and access to primary care.
Dr. Arthur Kellermann is vice president of the RAND Corporation and director of RAND Health, Santa Monica, CA. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A.L. Kellermann and R.M. Weinick. Emergency Departments, Medicaid Costs, and Access to Primary Care - Understanding the Link. N Engl J Med 2012;366:2141-3.
May 30, 2012 • 17min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Francesca Gany on undocumented immigrants and the U.S. health care system.
Dr. Francesca Gany is the chief of the Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and director of the Center for Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities, New York, NY. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J.O. Breen. Lost in Translation - Como se dice, "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"? N Engl J Med 2012;366:2045-7.
May 23, 2012 • 25min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Howard Brody on the ethics of rationing and waste avoidance in health care.
Dr. Howard Brody is a professor of family medicine and the director of the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. H. Brody. From an Ethics of Rationing to an Ethics of Waste Avoidance. N Engl J Med 2012;366:1949-51.
May 16, 2012 • 17min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Susan Okie on the ongoing evolution of the primary care physician.
Dr. Susan Okie is a medical journalist and clinical assistant professor of family medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. S. Okie. The Evolving Primary Care Physician. N Engl J Med 2012;366:1849-53.
May 9, 2012 • 10min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Allison Goldfine on statins, the associated risk of diabetes, and the FDA's response.
Dr. Allison Goldfine is the head of the Section of Clinical Research at Joslin Diabetes Center and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A.B. Goldfine. Statins: Is It Really Time to Reassess Benefits and Risks? N Engl J Med 2012;366:1752-5.
May 2, 2012 • 14min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Timothy Quill on balancing evidence-based medicine and patient-centered care.
Dr. Timothy Quill is a professor of medicine, psychiatry, and medical humanities and the director of the Center for Ethics, Humanities and Palliative Care at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. T.E. Quill and R.G. Holloway. Evidence, Preferences, Recommendations - Finding the Right Balance in Patient Care. N Engl J Med 2012;366:1653-5.
Apr 25, 2012 • 8min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Jan Blustein on the effects of pay-for-performance approaches for hospitals.
Dr. Jan Blustein is a professor of health policy and medicine at the Wagner Graduate School and the School of Medicine at New York University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Ryan and J. Blustein. Making the Best of Hospital Pay for Performance. N Engl J Med 2012;366:1557-9.
Apr 18, 2012 • 13min
NEJM Interview: Mark Hall on the recent Supreme Court oral arguments in the challenge to the Affordable Care Act.
Mark Hall is a professor of health care law and policy and medical and bioethics at Wake Forest University Schools of Law and Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M.A. Hall. Supreme Court Arguments on the ACA - A Clash of Two World Views. N Engl J Med 2012;366:1462-3.
Apr 4, 2012 • 20min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Raynard Kington on the importance to medicine of the behavioral and social sciences.
Dr. Raynard Kington, a physician and the former director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research at the National Institutes of Health, is the president of Grinnell College in Iowa. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R.M. Kaplan, J.M. Satterfield, and R.S. Kington. Building a Better Physician - The Case for the New MCAT. N Engl J Med 2012;366:1265-8.
