NEJM Interviews
NEJM Group
Insightful conversations with leading experts in the field of health care, medical research, policy, and more from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Each episode examines the many complexities found at the junction of medicine and society.
Episodes
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Jan 27, 2016 • 13min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Daniel Alford on how prescriber education can help address the epidemic of prescription-opioid misuse.
Dr. Daniel Alford is an associate professor of medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D.P. Alford. Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain - Achieving the Right Balance through Education. N Engl J Med 2016;374:301-3.
Jan 20, 2016 • 10min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Scott Podolsky on the history of weak oversight of homeopathic remedies in the United States and what the future may hold.
Dr. Scott Podolsky is an associate professor of global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. S.H. Podolsky and A.S. Kesselheim. History of Medicine: Regulating Homeopathic Products - A Century of Dilute Interest. N Engl J Med 2016;374:201-3.
Jan 13, 2016 • 10min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Terri Fried on different approaches to shared decision making driven by different clinical circumstances.
Dr. Terri Fried is a professor of medicine and a geriatric medicine specialist at the Yale School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. T.R. Fried. Shared Decision Making - Finding the Sweet Spot. N Engl J Med 2016;374:104-6.
Jan 6, 2016 • 9min
NEJM Interview: Prof. Timothy Jost on a lawsuit brought by the House of Representatives over the Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing-reduction program.
Prof. Timothy Jost is a professor of law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. T.S. Jost. The House and the ACA - A Lawsuit over Cost-Sharing Reductions. N Engl J Med 2016;374:5-7.
Dec 30, 2015 • 8min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Peter Neumann on the use of various new value-based frameworks for assessing drugs and drug prices.
Dr. Peter Neumann is director of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at Tufts Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. P.J. Neumann and J.T. Cohen. Measuring the Value of Prescription Drugs. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2595-7. R.C. Young. Value-Based Cancer Care. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2593-5.
Dec 23, 2015 • 12min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Michele Heisler on attacks on physicians and health care facilities in Syria and the response from the international community.
Dr. Michele Heisler is a professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School and a board member at Physicians for Human Rights. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Heisler, E. Baker, and D. McKay. Attacks on Health Care in Syria - Normalizing Violations of Medical Neutrality? N Engl J Med 2015;373:2489-91.
Dec 16, 2015 • 7min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Charlotte Haug on the growing number of article retractions attributable to peer-review fraud.
Dr. Charlotte Haug is an international correspondent for the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.J. Haug. Peer-Review Fraud - Hacking the Scientific Publication Process. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2393-5.
Dec 9, 2015 • 17min
NEJM Interview: Prof. Alexander Capron on proposed changes to regulations governing human-subjects research.
Prof. Alexander Capron is a professor of law and medicine at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. K.L. Hudson and F.S. Collins. Bringing the Common Rule into the 21st Century. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2293-6. E.J. Emanuel. Reform of Clinical Research Regulations, Finally. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2296-9.
Dec 2, 2015 • 9min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the ways in which new evidence has improved our strategies for treating and preventing HIV infection.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A.S. Fauci and H.D. Marston. Ending the HIV-AIDS Pandemic - Follow the Science. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2197-9.
Nov 25, 2015 • 7min
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Courtwright on a 19th-century epidemic of opiate addiction and its lessons for the current crisis.
Dr. David Courtwright is a professor of history at the University of North Florida. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D.T. Courtwright. History of Medicine: Preventing and Treating Narcotic Addiction - A Century of Federal Drug Control. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2095-7.
