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Editorial ; No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. Politicians have repeatedly inserted themselves into exam rooms and under hospital gowns, telling doctors what they can and cannot discuss with patients; forcing providers to recite scripted medical advice they know to be factually inaccurate; and even instructing physicians to prioritize the financial interests of private companies over the health of their patients (1,2). In 2011 Florida passed a sweeping law barring doctors from routinely asking patients whether they had guns in their homes, counseling them on common-sense firearm storage measures or recording any information about gun ownership in their medical files. Four states (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado, and Texas) have passed legislation relating to disclosure of information about exposure to chemicals used in the process of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"). Some new laws require physicians to discuss specific practices that may not be necessary or appropriate at the time of a specific encounter with a patient. For example, New York enacted … ; This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.

Immigration into Latin America in the near future is not likely to exceed 300,000 annually; most of the migrants will go to Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela. Immigration, therefore, cannot decisively affect the rapid growth of population in most countries; natural increase is the more significant focus. Apart from the quantitative problem, however, immigration should aid those countries most involved in industrial and agricultural change by supplying com paratively small but vital groups of skilled workers and farmers. As for out- migration, only Puerto Rico can count on annual emigration large enough to play a part, with other processes, in relieving population pressure.