TY - JOUR T1 - Hotel-Based Rheumatology, and More JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 455 LP - 455 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.080818 VL - 36 IS - 2 AU - BURKHARD F. LEEB Y1 - 2009/02/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/36/2/455.2.abstract N2 - Reading the editorial by Drs. Pincus, Yazici, and Bergman in the August issue of The Journal1, I could completely agree with the content of the article, which is rarely the case. From many discussions, the last ones during the European League Against Rheumatism congress 2008 in Paris, I have learned that numerous—primarily practicing—rheumatologists, like me, share the authors’ opinion. Examples often better illustrate controversial issues than many paragraphs. Therefore, I would like to recount a little event at the occasion of an industry sponsored symposium in the lovely city of Barcelona in 2003. An expert rheumatologist lectured on the treatment of “typical” patients with rheumatoid arthritis, advocating thresholds of disease activity scores as a must to achieve in case of high quality clinical care. My coworker, who was in charge of the outpatient clinic at that time, was sitting beside me and listening with keen interest. After a few minutes she asked … ER -