3 results match your criteria: "George Washington University Department of Emergency Medicine[Affiliation]"
A simple case of chest pain: sensitizing doctors to patients with disabilities.
Health Aff (Millwood)
October 2014
Leana S. Wen is an attending physician and director of patient-centered care research at the George Washington University Department of Emergency Medicine, in Washington, D.C. The senior resident's name was changed to protect his privacy. The patient, James, asked that his last name be omitted. The author is deeply indebted to Vivian Sisskin, her group of fellow people who stutter, and members of the National Stuttering Association for their guidance, support, and friendship. She thanks the many phenomenal educators-both patients and providers-who have encouraged her to tell this story. Thanks to Audrey Young and Fitzhugh Mullan for critical review of the manuscript, and Kao-Ping Chua, Aaron Mertz, Noam Broder, and Sebastian Walker for their personal support. This essay is dedicated to all those who are fighting to ensure equitable and accessible health care.
A doctor who stutters confronts the stigma against patients-and providers-with disabilities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPreventive care in the United States: are blacks finally catching up?
Ethn Dis
November 2005
George Washington University Department of Emergency Medicine, NW, Washington DC 20037, USA.
Objective: To evaluate rates of preventive care among Blacks in specific demographic categories, such as age, income, gender, and Caribbean descent.
Design, Setting, And Participants: Data from the Commonwealth Fund 2001 Health Care Quality Survey, conducted from April through November 2001, which involved telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 6,722 adults age 18 and older living in the continental United States. Analysis focuses on the subset of Black respondents in comparison to Whites and Hispanics (n=5678).
In their own words: lessons learned from those exposed to anthrax.
Am J Public Health
March 2005
George Washington University Department of Emergency Medicine, 2150 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC, 20037, USA.
Objectives: We evaluated perceptions of workers at the US Postal Service Brentwood Processing and Distribution Center and US Senate employees regarding public health responses to the anthrax mailings of October 2001. We generated recommendations for improving responses to bioterrorism on the basis of the perceptions we recorded.
Methods: Transcripts from focus groups conducted with Brentwood and US Senate employees were examined, and qualitative analysis identified common domains.