Joanne M. Garrett

TL;DR: Items such as physical exam findings, radiographic interpretations, or other diagnostic tests often rely on some degree of subjective interpretation by observers and studies that measure the agreement between two or more observers should include a statistic that takes into account the fact that observers will sometimes agree or disagree simply by chance.

TL;DR: The times to functional recovery, return to work, and complete recovery from low back pain were similar among patients seen by all six groups of practitioners, but there were marked differences in the use of health care services.

TL;DR: Perceptions of care at the end of life are described to describe family perceptions of care in the care of a loved one with terminal illness.

TL;DR: The effectiveness of written advance directives is limited by inattention to them and by decisions to place priority on considerations other than the patient's autonomy.

TL;DR: A national study of Americans born between 1957 and 1964 and followed for nearly two decades found that more than 25% were obese by age 35 years, and obesity developed most quickly in black women, with moderate rapidity in Hispanic women, and most slowly in white women.