He Who Wills the End Wills the Means: An Overview of Trusts for Physicians.

Clay Cockerell, Justine Galambus

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Article in The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Clay CockerellDr. Cockerell is with Cockerell Dermatopathology in Dallas, Texas.

Justine GalambusDr. Galambus is with the University of North Texas in Dallas, Texas.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Even though physicians often have the access and ability to generate significant wealth, many report poor financial literacy and education. They may not fully understand the options available to them for passing on their wealth to their next of kin. Options include wills, trusts, or, if one dies without a will, simply following the states intestate succession laws. There are multiple types of trusts that each confer different benefits and drawbacks. Physicians in all stages of their career should be aware of these options and strongly consider working with an estate planning attorney and financial planner.

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estate planningFinancial literacy

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PMID40078860

PMCPMC11896618

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