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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Aug 1, 2012 • 15min
NEJM Interview: Colleen Barry on approaches to addressing the obesity epidemic in the United States.
Colleen Barry is an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.L. Barry, S.E. Gollust, and J. Niederdeppe. Are Americans Ready to Solve the Weight of the Nation? N Engl J Med 2012;367:389-91.
Jul 18, 2012 • 34min
NEJM Interview: Professors Renee Landers and John McDonough on the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act.
Renee Landers is a professor of law at Suffolk University Law School, and John McDonough is a professor of the practice of public health and director of the Center for Public Health Leadership at the Harvard School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. Landers RM. The Denouement of the Supreme Court's ACA Drama. N Engl J Med 2012;367:198-9 and McDonough JE. The Road Ahead for the Affordable Care Act. N Engl J Med 2012;367:199-201.
Jul 11, 2012 • 16min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Lisa Lehmann on the physician's role in assisted dying for terminally ill patients.
Dr. Lisa Lehmann is the director of the Center for Bioethics at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J.J.Z. Prokopetz and L.S. Lehmann. Redefining Physicians' Role in Assisted Dying. N Engl J Med 2012;367:97-9.
Jul 4, 2012 • 15min
NEJM Interview: David Radley on a recent study on geographic variations in access to and quality of U.S. health care.
David Radley is a senior health policy analyst at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Cambridge, MA. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D.C. Radley and C. Schoen. Geographic Variation in Access to Care - The Relationship with Quality. N Engl J Med 2012;367:3-6.
Jun 27, 2012 • 6min
NEJM Interview: Katherine Baicker on the misguided focus on the creation of health care jobs.
Katherine Baicker is a professor of health economics in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. K. Baicker and A. Chandra. The Health Care Jobs Fallacy. N Engl J Med 2012;366:2433-5.
Jun 20, 2012 • 16min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Aaron Kesselheim on a recent Supreme Court ruling on patents for diagnostic tests.
Dr. Aaron Kesselheim is an assistant professor in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A.S. Kesselheim and J. Karlawish. Biomarkers Unbound - The Supreme Court's Ruling on Diagnostic-Test Patents. N Engl J Med 2012;366:2338-40.
Jun 13, 2012 • 14min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Julie Cantor on court-ordered care for pregnant women in the United States.
Dr. Julie Cantor is an attorney and adjunct professor of law at the UCLA School of Law. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J.D. Cantor. Court-Ordered Care - A Complication of Pregnancy to Avoid. N Engl J Med 2012;366:2237-40.
Jun 6, 2012 • 14min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Arthur Kellermann on the increasing use of emergency departments and access to primary care.
Dr. Arthur Kellermann is vice president of the RAND Corporation and director of RAND Health, Santa Monica, CA. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A.L. Kellermann and R.M. Weinick. Emergency Departments, Medicaid Costs, and Access to Primary Care - Understanding the Link. N Engl J Med 2012;366:2141-3.
May 30, 2012 • 17min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Francesca Gany on undocumented immigrants and the U.S. health care system.
Dr. Francesca Gany is the chief of the Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and director of the Center for Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities, New York, NY. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J.O. Breen. Lost in Translation - Como se dice, "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"? N Engl J Med 2012;366:2045-7.
May 23, 2012 • 25min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Howard Brody on the ethics of rationing and waste avoidance in health care.
Dr. Howard Brody is a professor of family medicine and the director of the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. H. Brody. From an Ethics of Rationing to an Ethics of Waste Avoidance. N Engl J Med 2012;366:1949-51.
