September 12 &13, 2011, Manor on Golden Pond, Holderness, NH

Journal Club I:

[Chandra]Chung GS, Lawrence RE, Curlin FA, et al.Predictors of hospitalised patients’ preferences for physician-directed medical decision-making”. J Med Ethics (2011). doi:10.1136/jme.2010.040618.

[Meara] Gilmer, TP and Kronick, RG. “Differences In The Volume Of Services And In Prices Drive Big Variations In Medicaid Spending Among US States And Regions.: Health Aff (Millwood), 30(7), 1316-1324, 2011.

[Meara] Bubolz, T, Emerson, C., Skinner, J., “Regional Variation in Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures for the Under-65 Population”.

[Barnato] Jennifer S. Temel, M.D. et al. “Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer,” N Engl J Med 2010;363:733-42.

Journal Club II:

[TBA] Anna Bill-Axelson et al. Radical Prostatectomy versus Watchful Waiting in Early Prostate Cancer. N Engl J Med 2011;364:1708-17.

[TBA] Seung-Jung Park et al. Randomized Trial of Stents versus Bypass Surgery for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease. N Engl J Med 2011;364:1718-27.