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Never Waste a Pandemic: Strategies to Increase Advance Care Planning Now
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–related deaths and hospitalizations have created a global health crisis with unprecedented scarcity of health care resources and staffing in parts of the United States and around the world. The pandemic has led to important discussions about just allocation of health care resources. News headlines about COVID-19 feature family members who announce hospitalized loved ones died after treatment options were denied. Other articles demonstrate that patients may not fully understand the ramifications of elected care in an intensive care setting, unpredictability of outcomes, and how this may impact future abilities.Harry Lee Parker: Games Lost and Won on the Playing Fields of Neurology
Harry Lee Parker (1894–1959) was an American and Irish neurologist who reported unique paroxysmal symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis,1 and wrote a book on clinical neurology popular enough to be reprinted 13 years after initial publication.2 Parker penned profiles of other physicians,3-5 but his biography has only been touched on briefly in obituaries,6,7 articles,1,8,9 and books.10-13 Following his advice that “a honeyed obituary is an insult to the dead (p. 596),”5 we will describe in detail the life of Dr.The Team Approach to Spinal Cord and Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation: A Guide for the Advanced Practice Provider
Because of shortages in the US primary care workforce in the 1960s, the role of the nurse practitioner and physician assistant emerged.1 The tasks of these individuals are often considered similar, and together they are known as advanced practice providers (APPs). The nurse practitioner is an advanced practice registered nurse who has completed additional training and education, earning a master’s or doctoral degree. Physician assistants train for an additional 2 years beyond a Bachelor of Arts or Science degree to earn a physician assistant degree.
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