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NEJM Interviews

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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.
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Episodes

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.

May 02, 201214 min

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.

Apr 04, 201220 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Steven Schroeder on smoking-cessation efforts in the United States.

Dr. Steven Schroeder is a professor of health and health care and the director of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at the University of California, San Francisco. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M.C. Fiore, E. Goplerud, and S.A. Schroeder. The Joint Commission's New Tobacco-Cessation Measures - Will Hospitals Do the Right Thing? N Engl J Med 2012;366:1172-4.

Mar 28, 201214 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Michael Barry on patient-centered care and shared decision making.

Dr. Michael Barry is president of the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making and medical director of the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M.J. Barry and S. Edgman-Levitan. Shared Decision Making - The Pinnacle of Patient-Centered Care. N Engl J Med 2012;366:780-1.

Feb 29, 201222 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Robert Truog on issues in medical ethics and the physician-patient relationship.

Dr. Robert Truog is a professor of medical ethics, anesthesiology, and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a senior associate in critical care medicine at Children's Hospital Boston. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R.D. Truog. 200th Anniversary Article: Patients and Doctors - The Evolution of a Relationship. N Engl J Med 2012;366:581-5.

Feb 15, 201222 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Pieter Cohen on the regulation of dietary supplements.

Dr. Pieter Cohen is a primary care physician at Cambridge Health Alliance in Somerville, Massachusetts, and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. P.A. Cohen. Assessing Supplement Safety - The FDA's Controversial Proposal. N Engl J Med 2012;366:389-91.

Feb 01, 201218 min

NEJM Interview: Cynthia Jackevicius on generic drugs and health care costs.

Cynthia Jackevicius is an associate professor of pharmacy practice at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California, and an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.A. Jackevicius et al. Generic Atorvastatin and Health Care Costs. N Engl J Med 2012;366:201-4.

Jan 18, 201211 min

NEJM Interview: I. Glenn Cohen on the constitutional challenge of the Affordable Care Act that will heard by the United States Supreme Court in March.

I. Glenn Cohen is an Assistant Professor and Co-Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, both at Harvard Law School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. I.G. Cohen and J.F. Blumstein. The Constitutionality of the ACA's Medicaid-Expansion Mandate. N Engl J Med 2012;366:103-4.

Jan 11, 201219 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Robert Schwartz on the history of cancer research.

Dr. Robert Schwartz is a professor emeritus of medicine at Tufts Medical School, and a former deputy editor at the Journal, both in Boston. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. Supplement to: Schwartz R. The Emperor of All Maladies - The Beginning of the Beginning. N Engl J Med 2011;365:2353-5.

Dec 21, 201113 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Elliot Israel on the risks and benefits of long-acting beta agonists in the treatment of asthma and COPD.

Dr. Elliot Israel is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Clinical Research in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division at Brigham and Women's Hospital, both in Boston. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. Supplement to: Chowdhury B et al. The Risks and Benefits of Indracaterol - The FDA's Review. N Engl J Med 2011;365:2247-9.

Dec 14, 201116 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jerry Avorn on the evolving approach to drug safety in the United States

Dr. Jerry Avorn is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital, both in Boston. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. Supplement to: Avorn J. Learning about the Safety of Drugs - A Half-Century of Evolution. N Engl J Med 2011;365:2151-3.

Dec 07, 201115 min
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