Existing conceptualizations of the doctor-patient relationship provide little insight into this complex and perhaps now nonexistent "relationship" in the 21st century. Today, the word "relationship" as applied to the doctor-patient experience may be a misnomer--or at least an inappropriate...

Previous research has consistently demonstrated adverse physical and psychological effects following the death of a spouse. Conclusions regarding the effects of widowhood have been hampered, however, by such methodological limitations as lack of adequate comparison groups, non-random samples of...

A five-year project, building on an ongoing epidemiological study of menopause in 2500 women, will examine the aging process in middle-aged and older men, women, and couples in Massachusetts. While past research on aging has usually focused on disease and has drawn on a self-selecting, usually...