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DIED At the time, AIDS was a mysterious illness that seemed to target only gay men. But Joel Weisman, 66, a California physician, co-authored the 1981 report that signaled the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, which has since killed more than 25 million people worldwide...
...best-kept secret," says Jan Towers, health-policy director for the Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Nurse practitioners may have less medical education than full-fledged doctors, but they have far more training in less measurable skills like bedside manner and counseling. "In the United States, we are so physician-centric in our health system," says Patton. "But it should be about wellness and prevention, not about procedures and disease management...
President Obama told the American Medical Association in May that the government should do "more to reward medical students who choose a career as a primary-care physician and who choose to work in underserved areas instead of a more lucrative path." As part of health reform, the Administration wants more money for the National Health Service Corps, which offers loan forgiveness to primary-care providers - including nurse practitioners as well as doctors - who agree to work in rural and remote areas. But even if these measures encourage more medical students to pursue careers in general practice, it will take...
...recently released House health-reform bill, nurse practitioners (and physicians' assistants, another relatively new, but smaller, category of medical professionals who can perform medical procedures and often prescribe medication) are listed alongside doctors as primary-care providers. Nurse practitioners lobbied hard for this legislative language in meetings with White House health officials, including Nancy-Ann DeParle, Obama's health-reform czar. The nurse-practitioners lobby is hoping such federal recognition of the central role the profession can play in a revamped health system will exert pressure on states to ease restrictions. A patchwork of state laws now dictates how much...
...Intern, previously used in the medical profession to define a person with a degree but without a license to practice, became a term for a physician in training following World War I, when medical school was no longer seen as preparation enough for practice. Later, the word migrated to politics as an alternative to the term apprentice as a reference to those interested in learning about careers in government. Meanwhile, co-op programs, in which students would work at a company for an extended period during college, emerged. As the average college tuition increased (reaching about $9,000 for private...