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F J Ingelfinger

Publications and source records attributed to F J Ingelfinger.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1978

Medicine: meritorious or meretricious.

In spite of remarkable advances in medical therapy and in the development of fantastic diagnostic devices, American society appears increasingly disenchanted with the physician. The paradox can be explained by the high cost of medical care, the overselling of medicine's capabilities, the expectation that the physician will be both ultrascientific and as emphathic as yesterday's doctor, and little recognition that the curing of one illness in the elderly exposes this group to other disease. Finally, though the physician is trained to manage illnesses, he is also given the excessively broad task of improving personal and societal practices disadvantageous to health.

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PubMed1978

Tubes.

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England↗
PubMed1977

Shattuck lecture--The general medical journal: for readers or repositories?

General medical journals seek newsworthiness but face obstacles because of their usually slow publication schedules and because of contents that readers find either obscure or contradictory to long held beliefs. In addition, since medical news has become "big news," general medical journals find themselves in competition with both the lay press and the medical giveaways. One effect of the escalating public interest in medical news is that general medical journals that are reliable and have maintained their newsworthiness are increasingly cited. These journals thus eventually transmit research findings to the public as well as to the health-care professions. To help prevent exaggeration and misinterpretation by the lay press and by the public, general medical journals must evaluate submissions in a broader than traditional context. Nevertheless, newsworthiness is an appropiate goal for such journals.

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PubMed1977

Laetrilomania.

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American Medical Association↗