New York State Health Foundation: integrating mental health and substance abuse care.

Roughly half of all people with severe mental disorders also have substance abuse problems. Yet their care is fragmented: They are treated by either the mental health system or the substance abuse system. In New York State only 10 percent of them receive evidence-based treatment for both conditions.

Informed consent in sports medicine.

Informed consent acknowledges the autonomy of a person to make choices consistent with personal goals and values. The virtuous physician will understand that the athlete's autonomy is severely diminished by internal and external forces beyond the control of medical personnel. Because of this, a truly informed consent in sports medicine is even more difficult to achieve than in other medical specialties.

Dancing through the pain. Physician executive launches new business to treat patients with chronic pain.

Wilhelmina Korevaar's career path as a physician executive has taken many twists and turns. Early on, she didn't even want to be a doctor. Now, she's foxtrotting down yet another path, trying to use dance to help patients relieve their pain.

Philly physician executive combats big city blight.

Despite no money for college and little encouragement from his teachers, Eric Mitchell was determined to make something of himself. Ever since he got that plastic doctor kit when he was 7, he dreamed of becoming a physician. Learn how he achieved that goal--and so much more.

The ethics of the introduction of gene therapy into orthopaedic practice.

Gene therapy has the potential to transform musculoskeletal medicine. Orthopaedists have been ready to incorporate innovations in medicine and engineering into their surgical practice, frequently before having full information. There is no reason to doubt the rapid acceptance of gene therapy by the orthopaedic profession.