The July 12 issue of U.S. News & World Report, which
is the annual Best Hospitals issue, profiles the specialty
of anesthesiology as one of three “hidden
specialties.” Reporter
Thomas Hayden followed the anesthesiology staff
at the University of Chicago Hospitals through
a typical day, and deduced that “in many
hospitals, anesthesiologists are becoming the human
face of surgical care.” See
the online version here. (Please
note that in the printed magazine, a photo appeared
with an incorrect caption reading, “A University
of Chicago nurse anesthetist administers epidural
steroid.” The caption should
have identified the professional as physician
anesthesiologist Magdalena Anitescu, MD, PhD. U.S.
News has published a correction as follows:
7-19-04 Correction:
In "New Needs, New Drugs" [July12], a photo caption should
have described Magdalena Anitescu, shown administering
a pain-killing injection, as a board-certified anesthesiologist,
not a nurse anesthetist.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/040719/home.htm