AMA endorses needle-exchange programs

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The American Medical Assn's House of Delegates has voted to support the use of needle exchange programs to help prevent HIV transmission among drug abusers. Delegates called for lobbying of state governments to legalize exchange programs and advocated federal financing of the exchanges. Medical societies can bolster the position of public health agencies that implement needle exchanges, said Jonathan Weisbuch of the American Assn of Public Health Physicians.

Alcohol & Drug Abuse Programs, Health aspects, Prevention, Social policy, Political aspects, HIV infection, HIV infections, Substance abuse treatment, Needle exchange programs, Intravenous drug abuse, American Medical Association. House of Delegates

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Coping with the unhealthful side of medicine

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This doctor quit as a hospital staff psychiatrist because she spent too much time with her patients and her productivity was too low. The hospital measured the value of its physicians based upon the number of rounds that were billed per day. This psychiatrist has opened a private practice and hopes that her seriously ill patients in the hospital obtain the care they need.

Mental Health Care, Personal narratives, Mental health services, Hospitalization, Psychiatrists, Hospital care

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