JAMA patient page. Body piercing.

Ear piercing and hepatitis. Nonsterile instruments for ear piercing and the subsequent onset of viral hepatitis.

Development of a tongue-piercing method for use with assistive technology.

JAMA patient page. Cerebral palsy.

C erebral palsy is a term that describes nonprogressive but sometimes changing disorders of movement and posture. These movement problems are due to problems in brain function that occur early in development. Cerebral palsy affects motion, muscle strength, balance, and coordination. These problems are first noted in infancy and continue into adult life. The muscles of speech, swallowing, and br...

Professionalism: a piercing dilemma.

displayed. Maybe management of the case had been superb and the discussion, sublime, but I could not concentrate and began to doubt the caliber of the program. I imagined what kind of trainees would have such little respect for their patients and what kind of faculty (would-be colleagues) would not admonish such attire? Is not the doubt that I felt the same doubt that patients feel when they en...

JAMA patient page. Intensive care units.

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