Could Some Medical Developments Over the Last 60 Years Explain in Part Conditions That Led to the Current US Administration?

J. Schmukler, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Rush University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
T. Pincus, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Rush University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

FUNDING: This work was supported by Medical History Services, LLC.
COMPETING INTERESTS: TP holds a copyright and trademark on both the Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ) and Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 (RAPID3), for which he receives royalties and license fees through Medical History Services, LLC from profit-making entities, including pharmaceutical and electronic medical record companies but not from individual physicians or groups for patient care or for academic research studies; all license fee revenues are used to support further development of quantitative questionnaires for patients and doctors in clinical rheumatology care. JS declares no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

Address correspondence to Dr. T. Pincus, Rush University Medical Center, 1611 W. Harrison St., Ste. 510, Chicago, IL 60612-4861, USA. Email: tedpincus{at}gmail.com.

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