Monthly Archives: March 2017

How I Became Interested in Pain

Posted on March 10, 2017 by epihealth

I am often asked about the origins of my interest in pain and pain research. It’s a complex question and it fits in with my past experience: I tend to be interested in issues that both intrigue me intellectually, and … Continue reading →

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Patient outcomes and medical/health geography

Posted on March 8, 2017 by epihealth

Nearly 40 years ago, Ross Mullner and Jack Goldberg published “Toward an outcome-oriented medical geography: an evaluation of the Illinois trauma/emergency medical services system” (Soc Sci Med 1978;12(2D):103-110). The underlying question was whether regionalization and optimal location of services actually … Continue reading →

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Evidence based medicine and “in my experience.”

Posted on March 7, 2017 by epihealth

As an epidemiologist with interests in many clinical questions, I have naturally gotten drawn into the realm of evidence-based medicine. If you ask almost any clinician, he or she will state that they practice evidence-based medicine. But I wonder if … Continue reading →

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