Rely on DSM-5 criteria and an appropriate rating scale to assess how an individual's inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity interfere with functioning in different settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: International medical graduates (IMGs), many of whom are recent immigrants to the United States, are filling an increasing proportion of U.S. family medicine residency positions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatient autonomy is a primary value in US health care. It is assumed that patients want to be fully and directly informed about serious health conditions and want to engage in advance planning about medical care at the end-of-life. Written advance directives and proxy decision-makers are vehicles to promote autonomy when patients are no longer able to represent their wishes.
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Ethnic minorities currently compose approximately one third of the population of the United States. The U.S.
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