In this paper, we lay out the rationale for the important clinical trial, CLOVERS, designed to understand which of two commonly used approaches to treating early sepsis with low blood pressure is better than the other.
Speaking UpIn an important collaboration funded by the Moore Foundation and based at BIDMC, we noted a high rate of reluctance for patients and families to speak up in the intensive care unit. A variety of factors seemed to create barriers to such speaking up. Respect and Dignity in HealthcareI’m honored to have been part of the group who convened this important consensus-building and consensus-reporting work on the practice of respect in healthcare environments. |
    
Samuel Brown—physician leader, medical researcher, and cultural historian—is Professor of Medicine at Intermountain Medical Center/University of Utah Trained at Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Brown researches and writes at the interfaces among medicine, religion, culture, and history. 
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