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Lessons learned: Writing editorials in the age of the Internet

Sarah Zarbock, PA-C May 05, 2010

After reading the online comments on one of her editorials, the author wonders: What has happened to our ability to converse with each other respectfully on topics about which we disagree?

Charlotte's Web: Lessons learned from a pig and a spider

Sarah Zarbock, PA-C April 07, 2010

Skilled communication is especially critical during conversations with children and their families about life-threatening and terminal conditions. How can E.B. White's classic children tale make you a better communicator?

Yes, I'm his daughter—and I'm also a physician assistant

Sarah Zarbock, PA-C March 04, 2010

The author explores what happens as the roles of medical professional and daughter coincide when her elderly father is hospitalized with pneumonia.

It's time for an international congress of physician assistants

Roderick S. Hooker, PhD, PA-C December 17, 2009

Such a congress could foster the role of physician assistants, explore innovations in the education of PAs, and much else besides.

Ready! Fire! Aim! Firearm safety is every physician assistant's job

Sarah Zarbock, PA-C December 03, 2009

Many of our patients own guns. It's part of our job as physician assistants to teach them how to keep themselves and their loved ones safe.

The challenging economics of US health care reform

Michael Halasy, MS, PA-C November 05, 2009

The current health care reform bills focus on expanding coverage without adequately addressing out-of-control health care costs.

"This must be true—I read about it on the Internet"

Sarah Zarbock, PA-C October 08, 2009

When patients search for health information on the Web, is what they find reliable? Do they understand what they read? Do they even tell you what they found?