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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. See the discussion on the Special Consideration IMG (International Medical Graduates) Pilot Pathway below.) Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. The patient case. I think the theme is more saving someone’s life and the regret that follows.

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PRESS RELEASE: Doctors, Local Governments File Brief to Defend Reproductive Health Care Privacy Rights

Doctors for America

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 May 5, 2025 Doctors, Local Governments File Brief to Defend Reproductive Health Care Privacy Rights Brief Argues that Upending HIPAA Privacy Rights Would Contradict Decades of Established Precedent WASHINGTON, D.C.

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PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Acts to Protect Pregnant Patients’ Federal Right to Emergency Care, Including Abortion

Doctors for America

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 May 30, 2025 Coalition Acts to Protect Pregnant Patients’ Federal Right to Emergency Care, Including Abortion By Intervening in a Federal Challenge to EMTALA, Doctors for America Seeks to Protect Health and Lifesaving Care WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Writing for the Lay Public: Rosanne Leipzig and Louise Aronson

GeriPal

We have two authors, books, op-eds, prolific authors, and today’s podcast is a two-part special. Rosanne: I think I was motivated by the number of times patients asked me to get rid of their pot-bellies, quite honestly. And my patients started coming in talking about why didn’t you ever recommend that to me?

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STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Condemns Inhumane Immigration Enforcement

Doctors for America

As a nonpartisan organization of thousands of physicians and medical trainees committed to health justice, we bear witness to the trauma these policies inflict on our patients, our communities, and the healthcare system as a whole. Find out more at doctorsforamerica.org and on X drsforamerica or Bluesky drsforamerica.bsky.social.

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PRESS RELEASE: Doctors, Local Governments Reaffirm Commitment to Defend Health Care Privacy Rights

Doctors for America

These attempts by the State of Texas to interfere in HIPAA privacy protections compromise the very core of medical ethics – open communication and trust between a patient and their doctor,” said Christine Petrin, MD, MPH, Board President of Doctors for America. Two major U.S. Two major U.S. In the case, Texas v.