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Over-Reliance On Tests: Why Physicians Must Learn To Trust Themselves And...
I met my newly admitted patient in the quiet of his private room. He was frail, elderly, and coughing up gobs of green phlegm. His nasal cannula had stepped its way across his cheek during his...
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When Great Healthcare Is Served With A Large Helping Of Unnecessary Mental...
A wrist graft similar to what my friend's husband required. I watched helplessly as a dear friend went through the emotional meat grinder of a new cancer diagnosis. Her husband was found to have...
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Confronting Scandalous Physician Behavior: The Annals Of Internal Medicine...
If you have not read the latest essay and editorial about scandalous physician behavior published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (AIM), you must do so now. They describe horrific racist and sexist...
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The Costs, And Maybe Cost Savings, Of Medication Non-Adherence
A Cat Playing Whack-A-Mole Medication non-adherence is a hot button topic in healthcare. Physicians lament patient “non-compliance” with their medical advice, and policy wonks tell us that more than...
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When In Doubt, Ask A Family Member
Photo Cred: Max S. Gerber I learned a valuable lesson recently about how difficult it can be to make the correct diagnosis when you see a patient for a very short period of time. In the acute rehab...
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Advice To Physicians: Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There
My newly admitted patient was at the end of a very long struggle with a devastating genetic disorder. He had been treated by some of the finest experts in America for his rare disease, and had come to...
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Living Your Best Life, Even In The Hospital
My patient was an elderly farmer with severe vascular disease. He had advanced leg artery narrowing, had survived multiple heart attacks, and was admitted to the hospital after a large stroke. He was...
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When Elderly Parents Suck The Life Out Of Their Kids
My patient’s son stood vigil outside her hospital room day and night. His eyebrows were frozen at an anxious angle. Although his mom was healing well from her injury, I could see that he was worried...
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Doctors: It’s Not What You Say, But How You Say It
Most physicians will be thrust into the role of patient or caregiver at some point during their careers. Unfortunately, it’s not until this occurs that many become fully aware of the finer points of...
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