This job is murder; Dr. Joye Carter is trying to straighten out the problem-plagued post of chief medical examiner in the nation's capital

Article Abstract:

Washington DC's chief medical examiner Joye M. Carter began her tenure in Jan 1992 amid high expectations that she would reestablish prestige in the once dynamic chief medical examiner's office. Carter is a board-certified forensic pathologist with experience in the office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner. She will lead an office that in 1991 performed 1,400 autopsies and investigated 3,000 deaths. Carter has had a rough beginning, but she expects to improve how her office is managed by hiring more staff and increasing the certification level of pathologists working for her.

Officials and employees, Biography, Washington, D.C., Medical examiners (Law), Carter, Joye M.

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They came, they saw, they stayed

Article Abstract:

Most physicians who serve in rural, subsidized clinics for the National Health Service Corps leave the area when their commitment is over, but according to a study of the years 1979-1981, 12% stay on. Those who stay may face a number of problems such as finding employment for a spouse, obtaining quality education for children, and maintaining a good income while taking care of poor patients. Physicians compensate for these problems with strategies such as getting involved in the area's schools or accepting speaking engagements to increase their income.

Personal narratives, Physicians, Medical professions, Medicine, Rural, Rural medicine, Medically underserved areas

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Hard times

Article Abstract:

Dr. Ronald Shansky is striving to improve health care for inmates at the city jail in Washington, DC. A federal judge gave wide authority to Shansky in Fall 1995, following years of abysmal medical care at the jail and after an inmate with AIDS died in June 1995. Shansky has dispatched 40 members of the medical staff, raised expectations and brought in dedicated physicians. Doctors who specialize in correctional health care want a system for preparing future correctional specialists.

Health Care and Social Assistance, Correctional Institutions, HEALTH SERVICES, Public Health Care, Physicians & Surgeons, Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), Correctional Institutions-Local, Social aspects, Care and treatment, Health care industry, Public health, Prisoners, Jails, Shansky, Ronald, Washington, D.C. Department of Corrections

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