TY - JOUR T1 - Should Rheumatologists Palpate the Breast? JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1296 LP - 1296 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.111428 VL - 39 IS - 6 AU - JUAN J. CANOSO Y1 - 2012/06/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/39/6/1296.1.abstract N2 - To the Editor:Few would deny that the physical examination of patients is devalued today. There are several reasons for this. Crowded waiting rooms exert an abortive pressure on this time-honored art. Also, validated, simplified but “equally effective” instruments used in drug trials concentrate the rheumatologist’s attention on the joint homunculus at the neglect of almost everything else. Lastly, widespread access to ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging has shifted the emphasis from … Address correspondence to Dr. Canoso, American British Cowdray Medical Center, Sur 136, No. 116, Mexico D.F. 01120, Mexico. E-mail: jcanoso{at}gmail.com ER -