Spring 2004
Volume 21 Number 1
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to the Alumni section: Stanford MD
Cover Story:
New rules limiting residents'
work hours are driving culture change – for better or worse
Within the hours
By Ruthann Richter
Some residents are grateful for new rules limiting the hours of resident
service. Yet many faculty and residents question whether they will really
lead to fewer mistakes and better patient care. In fact, some believe
the rules have created more opportunity for error. >> Read Story
Remote Control
By Krista Conger
Trade your scalpel for a joystick – and gain a surgical team member
with an incredible set of hands. >> Read Story
Changing the face of medicine
By Susan Ipaktchian
Attracting a critical mass of minority students: Done. Convincing them
to build careers in academia: Not so easy. >> Read Story
More Stanford Medicine
Letter from the Dean
Cancer center opens: A new building
advances Stanford's plan to raise its profile in cancer treatment and
research.
Short take: An oocyte (almost) never
forgets – Scientists reveal how a living cell holds
on to its memories.
’Scope: A quick look at the latest developments
at Stanford University Medical Center
Mission: Translational: Brain
teaser – How can cancer patients protect their brains
from radiation treatment's harmful effects? The answer might lie in
your medicine cabinet.
Ask the bioethicist: Physician-assisted
suicide – Is it ever justified?
Second opinion: Open-stack policy – A
plan to make scientific publications freely available to all
The backstory: Herds of cats corralled
to create Web site
Letter from SMAA President
Linda Hawes Clever, MD, '65
President, Stanford Medical Alumni Association
Spring symposium provides a time to reconnect. >> Read Letter
Alumni Profile: Suture or shoot?
Sheri Fink, MD, opens eyes to wartime's medical quandaries. >> Read Story
Medical School Recollection: Philip R. Lee
This distinguished physician's life of learning included a crash course
in medicine. >> Read Story
Class Notes
Alumni dispatches beginning from the 1940s. >> Read Story
