Medical Procedure Guide

Reference Guide on Medical

Mary Sue Henifin, J.D., M.P.H., is a partner with Buchanan Ingersoll, P.C., Princeton, New Jersey, and Adjunct Professor of Public Health Law, Department of Environmental & Community Medicine, UMDNJ– Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey. Howard M. Kipen, M.D., M.P.H., is Professor and Director of Occupational Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute...

Circumcision is a religious/cultural procedure, not a medical procedure.

To the Editor Morris and Tobian 1 note that parents are granted wide latitude in authorizing surgical procedures for their children. But that latitude is not unlimited and is fiduciary in nature. Fundamentally, male circumcision is a religious and cultural cosmetic procedure, not a valid medical procedure. Almost 70 years ago, writing in a much less child-protective era than the present, in Pri...

Statistics for Medical Students: a Practical Guide

(Pp. 52. 9s.) Hong Kong UnivCrsity Press. London: Oxford University Press, 19%2. THIS book is an introduction to the use of statistical methods in the analysis of snmall samples of data. The author describes, with simple numerical examples, the arithmetic steps in computing averages, measures of dispersion, corielation coefficients, including partial coefficients vith one variable held constant...

A Guide to Understanding Medical Liability Reform

Professionalism: a framework to guide medical education.

CONTEXT Despite considerable advances in the incorporation of professionalism into the formal curriculum, medical students and residents are too often presented with a mechanical, unreflective version of the topic that fails to convey deeper ethical and humanistic aspirations. Some misunderstandings of professionalism are exacerbated by commonly used assessment tools that focus only on superfic...