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Selected Papers from the NEJM		NextGen Special Features
The following are free links to NEJM articles through the Next Generation. Perspective Poverty, Wealth, and Access to Pandemic Influenza Vaccines by Tadataka Yamada, NEUM, September 17, 2009, Vol 361(12), 112-131 The prospects for developing an effective vaccine to prevent infection with the current H1N1 virus are excellent. Dr. Taldataka Yamada proposes a set of principles to guide global allocation of a pandemic vaccine. Perspective Obama's Vision and the Prospects for Health Care Reform by John K. Iglehart, NEJM, September 14, 2009 In a rare address to Congress on September 9, President Barack Obama sought to rebuilt momentum among legislators for pursuing reforma nd set out his basic goals. John Iglehart reports. Clinical Practice Screening for Colorectal Cancer by David A. Lieberman, NEJM, December 20, 2007, Vol 361 (12), 1178-1187. A healthy 76-year-old woman presents as a new patient for primary care. She has no family history of colorectal cancer. Would you advise this patient to undergo colon-cancer screening, and if so, what test would you recommend?		The following interviews and articles are exclusive to the Next Generation. Pathways Through Medicine Ophthalmology by Justin Koh With a unique blending of both medical and surgical techniques in their art, ophthalmologists enjoy a world of clean, efficient microscale surgeries and medical interventions in one of the most exciting sectors of modern medicine. Original Article Fidning a Path in Medicine: An Interview with Dr. Mirza About the Experience of Establishing a Pakistani Clinic by Janoo Maqvi Dr. Mohammed Mirza shares his experiences as he established his career in medicine and pursued his ultimate goal of opening a clinic in his native Pakistan.

Selected Papers from the NEJM

NextGen Special Features

The following are free links to NEJM articles through the Next Generation.

Perspective

Poverty, Wealth, and Access to Pandemic Influenza Vaccines

by Tadataka Yamada, NEUM, September 17, 2009, Vol 361(12), 112-131

The prospects for developing an effective vaccine to prevent infection with the current H1N1 virus are excellent. Dr. Taldataka Yamada proposes a set of principles to guide global allocation of a pandemic vaccine.

Perspective

Obama's Vision and the Prospects for Health Care Reform

by John K. Iglehart, NEJM, September 14, 2009

In a rare address to Congress on September 9, President Barack Obama sought to rebuilt momentum among legislators for pursuing reforma nd set out his basic goals. John Iglehart reports.

Clinical Practice

Screening for Colorectal Cancer

by David A. Lieberman, NEJM, December 20, 2007,
Vol 361 (12), 1178-1187.

A healthy 76-year-old woman presents as a new patient for primary care. She has no family history of colorectal cancer. Would you advise this patient to undergo colon-cancer screening, and if so, what test would you recommend?

The following interviews and articles are exclusive to the Next Generation.

Pathways Through Medicine

Ophthalmology

by Justin Koh

With a unique blending of both medical and surgical techniques in their art, ophthalmologists enjoy a world of clean, efficient microscale surgeries and medical interventions in one of the most exciting sectors of modern medicine.

Original Article

Fidning a Path in Medicine: An Interview with Dr. Mirza About the Experience of Establishing a Pakistani Clinic

by Janoo Maqvi

Dr. Mohammed Mirza shares his experiences as he established his career in medicine and pursued his ultimate goal of opening a clinic in his native Pakistan.

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