Inpatient Internal Medicine Clerkship

Reading List for General Medicine Clerkship

General Medicine

• Emanuel EJ, Emanuel LL. Four models of the physician-patient relationship. JAMA. 1992;267:2221-2226.
• Adler N, Matthews K. Health psychology: Why do some people get sick and some stay well? Annual Review of Psychology. 1994;45:229-259.

Social Class & Health

• The Medicaid Access Study Group. Access of Medicaid recipients to outpatient care. New England Journal of Medicine. 1994;330:1426-1430 [Plus Reinhardt editorial, pp. 1452-1453].
• Adler NE, Boyce WT, Chesney MA, Folman S, Syme L. Socioeconomic inequalities in health: No easy solution. JAMA. 1993;269:3140-3145.

Medical Ethics

• Clinical Ethics – booklet developed by Dr. Thomas P. Duffy
• Feudtner C, Christakis DA. Making the rounds: The ethical development of medical students in the context of clinical rotations. Hastings Center Report. 1994;24:6-12.
• Bernat JL, Gert B, Mogielnicki RP. Patient refusal of hydration and nutrition: An alternative to physician-assisted suicide or voluntary active euthanasia. Archives of Internal Medicine. 1993;153:2723-2728 [&Editorial].
• Tilden VP, Tolle SW, Garland MJ, Nelson CA. Decisions about life-sustaining treatment: Impact of physicians’ behaviors on the family. Archives of Internal Medicine. 1995;155:633-638.

Stress & Health

• McEwen BS, Stellar E. Stress and the individual: Mechanisms leading to disease. Archives of Internal Medicine. 1993;153:2093-2101.
• Cohen S, Tyrrell DAJ, Smith AP. Psychological stress and susceptibility to the common cold. New England Journal of Medicine. 1993;325:606-612.
• Duffy LC et al. Relevance of major stress events as an indicator of disease activity prevalence in inflammatory bowel disease. Behavioral Medicine. 1991;17:101-110.
• Lynn RB, Friedman LS. Irritable bowel syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine. 1993;329:1940-1945.
• Muldoon MD et al. Effects of acute psychological stress on serum lipid levels, hemoconcentration, and bloody viscosity. Archives of Internal Medicine. 1995;155:615-620.

Adherence/Compliance & Tuberculosis

• Wright EC. Non-compliance – or how many aunts has Matilda? Lancet. 1993;342:909-913.
• Weis SE et al. The effect of directly observed therapy on the rates of drug resisitance and relapse in tuberculosis. New England Journal of Medicine. 1994;330:1179-1184.
• Grange JM, Festenstein F. The human dimension of tuberculosis control. Tubercle and Lung Disease. 1993;74:219-222.

HIV/AIDS

• Friedland GH. Clinical care in the AIDS epidemic. Daedalus. 1989;118:59-83.
• Ickovics JR, Rodin J. Women and AIDS in the United States: Epidemiology, natural history and mediating mechanism. Health Psychology. 1992;11:1-16.
• Baker DA. Management of the female HIV-infected patient. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 1994;10:935-938.
• Herb A. The hospital-based attorney as patient advocate. Hastings Center Report. 1995;25:13-19.

Cardiovascular Disease & Health Interventions

• Physical activity and the prevention of coronary heart disease. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 1993;41:669-672.
• Cigarette smoking-attributable mortality and years of potential life lost – United States, 1990. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 1993;42:645-649.
• Berkman LF, Leo-Summers L, Horwitz R. Emotional support and survival after myocardial infarction. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1992;117:1003-1009.

Obesity

• Williamson DF. Descriptive epidemiology of body weight and weight change in U.S. adults. Annals of Internal Medicine. 193;119:646-649.
• Brownell KD, Wadden TA. Etiology and treatment of obesity: Understanding a serious, prevalent and refractory disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 1992;60:505-517.

Diabetes

• Kravitz RL et al. Recall of recommendations and adherence to advice among patients with chronic medical conditions. Archives of Internal Medicine. 1993;153:1869-1878.
• Wooldridge KL, Wallston KA, Graber AL, Brown AW, Davidson P. The relationship between health beliefs, adherence, and metabolic control of diabetes. The Diabetes Educator. 1992;18:495-500.