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BERKS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY

A Quarterly Publication

To provide news and opinion to support
professional growth and personal connections within
the Berks County Medical Society community.

Berks County Medical Society
MEDICAL RECORD

SUMMER 2018
Features
DISSERTATION
SYNOPSIS:

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Lucy J. Cairns, MD

Editorial Board

D. Michael Baxter, MD
Daniel B. Kimball, MD, MACP
T. J. Huckleberry, MPA
Raymond C. Truex Jr., MD, FAANS, FACS

	

Attitudes and Knowledge of Healthcare
Providers Regarding Patients
with Intellectual Disability and the
Impact on Analogue Decision-Making Clinical

	
14 	 Difficult Conversations: Discussing Cognition-Related 		
		
Performance Declines with the Physician
	
16 	 The Most Difficult Question: How to Approach a Fellow 		
		
Physician You Suspect of Substance Abuse

Berks County Medical Society Officers
Gregory T. Wilson, DO
President
Michael Haas, MD
President Elect
D. Michael Baxter, MD
Chair, Executive Council
Dan Kimball, MD
Interim Treasurer
Patti Brown, MD
Interim Secretary
Andrew R. Waxler, MD
Immediate Past President
T. J. Huckleberry, MPA
Executive Director

	
18 	 Have You Had the Conversation Yet? Will You Have
		the Conversation?	
	

20 	 Managing Difficult Conversations

	

21 	 2018 Residents' Day & Memorial Lecture

	
22 	 Tragedy in Florida: Tips for talking to children
		
about school shootings
	

24	 New Shingles Vaccine on the Market

	

28	 April 26, 2018 National Drug Take Back Day

	

29 	 2018 BCMS Member Golf Outing

	

30	 BCMS Event Calendar

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