Motive Satisfaction in Chronic Pain Patients: Does It Improve in Multidisciplinary Inpatient Treatment and, if so, Does It Matter?

Does public health have a personality (and if so, does it matter if you don't like it)?

‘‘Dissecting Bioethics,’’ edited by Tuija Takala and Matti Häyry, welcomes contributions on the conceptual and theoretical dimensions of bioethics. The section is dedicated to the idea that words defined by bioethicists and others should not be allowed to imprison people’s actual concerns, emotions, and thoughts. Papers that expose the many meanings of a concept, describe the different readings...

If you like it , does it matter if it ' s real ?

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Regional versus widespread pain in patients with chronic low back pain: it does matter!

IT Doesn’t Matter, Does It

Ping Wang: In a recent conversation, the CIO of an automobile company told me that his company is cutting IT spending “across the board.” However, the marketing department really needs to buy a CRM package to obtain the online customer interfacing capability. When his IT department proposed this purchase to the board, it was rejected because the purchase was considered unnecessary IT spending. ...

Does CABG improve left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, and does it matter?

The study of Bax et al. (1) that is reported in this issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine addresses an important clinical issue. Specifically, in the setting of left ventricular failure with markedly reduced ejection fraction (mean 6 SD, 30 6 6 in this study), selection of patients with ischemic heart disease who will benefit from coronary revascularization often is problematic. The authors...