The diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is a subject of controversy, for a host of reasons. This paper seeks to explore the manner in which children's interests may be subsumed to those of parents, teachers, and society as a whole in the course of diagnosis, treatment, and...

In discussions of statelessness, human rights scholars assume that legal nationality is a desirable status yet rarely consider those who intentionally refuse state citizenship. In New York, for instance, some members of the Onondaga Nation reject U.S. citizenship and rely instead on political...

Jus soli and jus sanguinis have been the traditional starting points for any discussion of birthright and state sponsored citizenship. Inextricably linked to any discussion of how citizenship is bestowed, achieved, or acquired, is a third element: that of time. This paper will analyze how...

In politics, temporal measurements are nearly ubiquitous. Youths must wait 18 years for the right to vote, prison sentences punish people in quantities of time, and immigrants who seek to naturalize must undergo a probationary period before becoming citizens. In these and other examples, time...

Background: Reports of an increase in the incidence and severity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections provoked widespread media attention in October 2007. This study attempted to determine whether this widespread media attention led to changes in physician practices...

Context: A variety of population-level tobacco control measures (TCMs) exist, such as excise taxation, smoking restrictions, cessation program funding, counter-advertising, and restrictions on tobacco marketing. Several factors may contribute to often-suboptimal levels of implementation of TCMs...

Introduction: US primary care physicians and their office staff have experienced large increases in time-consuming requirements for prior authorization (PA) of tests, medications, and other clinical services in recent years. This report presents results of 2 similar studies in which physicians...

Background and Objectives: Mission statements of medical schools vary considerably. These statements reflect institutional values and may also be reflected in the outputs of their institutions. The authors explored the relationship between US medical school mission statement content and outcomes...

The regional study by Baumgardner and colleagues converges with existing literature to clearly show that the distribution of ADHD diagnosis falls along socioeconomic lines, according to the relative wealth of neighborhoods. This adds additional evidence that trends in the diagnosis and treatment...