In a new NEJM Interview, Stephanie Fullerton, D.Phil., explains the responsibilities of primary care providers in decisions related to genetic testing and what they need to understand about the results of such tests. Listen to the full interview: nej.md/4d4rCO8

Superb and infuriating piece by UC San Francisco colleague (& great writer) Louise Aronson about how her mom's clear, documented wish to avoid aggressive care at the end of life was ignored by a medical team locked into a we-did-this-so-we-must-do-that spiral. NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Journalist and author Eyal Press describes how moral injury stems from individuals being forced to act against their core values within their roles, revealing systemic challenges rather than personal shortcomings. Hear more in Not Otherwise Specified: nej.md/4aCiwGZ

R. Alta Charo discusses the potential implications of the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision in LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine. Listen to the full interview: nej.md/3VOWa0l

Daniel P. Sulmasy, M.D., Ph.D., director of Kennedy Institute of Ethics and a professor in the Departments of Medicine and Philosophy Georgetown University, explains how patient spirituality is related to their health. Listen to the full interview: nej.md/3ToLNNU

Dr. Dhruv Khullar discusses whether the antitrust guidelines issued by the FTC and DOJ will affect hospital acquisition of physician practices, which has become a dominant trend in the United States. Listen to the full interview: nej.md/4a5wH7f

Roberta Katz, Ph.D., who coauthored a book on Generation Z, explains to Not Otherwise Specified host Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum why a cross-generational dialogue needs to happen in medical training environments. Full episode: nej.md/3T0u1Ai

Original Article: Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Atheromas and Cardiovascular Events nej.md/3IrM6T8

Editorial: Plastics, Fossil Carbon, and the Heart nej.md/48CvGSs

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In this episode of Not Otherwise Specified, Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum talks with an expert on generational change and a member of the current trainee cohort about generational values and the need for cross-generational dialogue.

Efforts toward Equity Perspective Series: Transforming Diversity of a Family Medicine Residency Program nej.md/3UQsfnV

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Dr. José Rodríguez discusses an intervention aimed at recruiting a diverse class into a family medicine residency program. Listen to the full interview: nej.md/49OZV9z

The University of Utah’s Family Medicine Residency program (UofU FM Residency) analyzed and continuously revised the rubric used to select candidates for interviews and introduced structural changes to support residents. Read the full Perspective: nej.md/3UQsfnV

Ilya Golovaty discusses platforms offering direct-to-consumer prescribing of medications for weight management. Listen to the full interview: nej.md/3T50VB1

In this interview, Dave A. Chokshi, MD discusses ethical issues faced by safety-net health systems in the United States. Listen to the full interview: nej.md/49rkb1a

Thanks Stephen Morrissey for the chance to discuss our NEJM perspective on ethical issues faced by safety-net health systems.
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Professor David Blustein of Boston College, whose wife is a pediatrician, discusses what is needed to make work in medicine more psychologically satisfying. Listen to the full episode hosted by NEJM National Correspondent Lisa Rosenbaum: nej.md/3HT9cl2

See what our Editor-in-Chief says about future applications of AI in medicine, and where policy regulation might be beneficial to promote safe and equitable usage.

In this clip, David Higgins MD MPH discusses steps clinicians and policymakers can take to address misinformation about parental vaccine hesitancy. Listen to the full interview: nej.md/3OvzJZG

Writing this essay felt very meaningful, as I'll mark a decade of practice in a safety-net system later this year.

Even more so to co-author it with Dr. Fred Cerise, the mentor who first inspired me with his commitment to the mission of public hospitals. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Perspective: The Risks of Normalizing Parental Vaccine Hesitancy by David Higgins MD MPH and Sean O’Leary nej.md/3UwdtlU