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Help Patients Help Themselves

Kathleen Louden  |  

Learn motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral tools that can guide patients to improve their health

Rheum With a View

Richard S. Panush, MD  |  

Rituals, symbols, ceremony, and tradition

A Productive Year Ahead

James R. O'Dell, MD  |  

Rheumatologists face challenges and unique opportunities in the coming year

A Walk in the Windy City

David S. Pisetsky, MD, PhD  |  

A final column full of many thanks and a few parting thoughts

Planning the ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting

Joel A. Block, MD  |  

As the 2011 ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting ends, those of us on the Annual Meeting Planning Committee (AMPC) take time to reflect on the process and on the product.

A Practice Manager’s Perspective on ARHP Membership

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At the age of 10, Chad E. Fragle was hospitalized for Legg-Perthes disease at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas. What was a very difficult time for him and his family led to a bright and hopeful future. With the support of his family, specifically from his father, who helped start a golf tournament fundraiser to fight the disease still in existence today, Fragle was given access to administrative leaders within the hospital.

Welcome New ACR and ARHP Leaders

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The ACR is pleased to welcome the newest members of the ACR board of directors and ARHP executive committee. These new members were confirmed in November during the 2011 ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting. Over the next two issues of “From the College,” you will be introduced to these new members and learn what they want to gain from their experience as new board and executive committee members.

Ethics Forum: The Ethics of Accepting Gifts

Michele Meltzer, MD, MBE, C. Ronald MacKenzie, MD, and Elizabeth A. Kitsis, MD, MBE  |  

The holiday season is here and I certainly enjoy receiving gifts as much as anyone. We have been either educated about declining—or forbidden to receive—gifts from pharmaceutical companies, but these are not the only source of gifts. A few years ago, I discovered a private physical therapist was located only a few blocks from my office.