Giving Back, Mission Work

Giving back.

It still wasn’t easy, though. “I always had to worry about finances even with the financial assistance,” she said in answer to questions about how financial assistance helped her manage her finances and concentrate on her studies. “In receiving financial assistance I was able to let go of one of the part-time jobs I had, giving me more time to study. My hope is that this scholarship will help o...

Giving carditis back to the heart.

Giving something back to the authors.

For centuries scientific publishing has worked on a bizarre economic model: the real producers of the raw material, the researchers, have received no direct payment for their work. In return for publication they have received exposure, " findability " (thanks to bibliographical databases provided by others), and the " imprimatur " of peer review. Because peer review is an imperfect process, 1 e...

Back to Work

The subject of this address has been suggested by the difficulties accompanying our present change-over from war to peace, accentuated as these are by our being a debtor instead of a creditor Ration. No longer have we the accumulated savings of our forebears 0 iall back upon in times of stress ; henceforth our standard of living ust depend entirely upon our own efforts. The late world conflict ...

Our academy, our mission, our work!

This publication finds me at the half-way point of my tenure as president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. It is therefore timely to review our academy’s goals and progress, reflecting upon and inspecting our work together as a committed and talented group of management team members and volunteer leaders. To share highlights of the year-to-date, I have created a “virtual interview,” po...