Dialogue

Reeling in the years
Doctors who retire must accept the painful fact that they will “no longer be seen as anybody’s healer,” said Sherwin B....
A librarian in the OR
When medical librarian Denise Hersey, M.L.S., overheard Paul G. Barash, M.D., HS ’74, professor of anesthesiology, joke...

What's Your Poo Telling You?
by Josh Richman and Anish Sheth, M.D., FW ’08 (Chronicle Books) This adult version of the children’s book Everybody...
Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back
by Michele Simon, M.P.H. ’90 (Nation Books) This book provides a guide to the public relations techniques, front groups...

Can children tell the truth? Evaluating claims of abuse
How, asked Michael E. Lamb, Ph.D. ’76, should police, psychologists and social workers evaluate children’s claims of...

Advocating protection against cervical cancer
“This is my favorite topic,” said Laura Koutsky, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington...

Granting patents on genes hinders biotech research
Companies shouldn’t hold patents on genes any more than they should own the air we breathe, said David R. Koepsell,...

Bringing values, relationships back into medicine
Sarah L. Berga, M.D., administered a dose of idealism to residents in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and...





