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The Challenge of Rest
I have mixed emotions about constricting resident work hours even further. I understand the rationale, and certainly in a perfect world, no one would ever work fatigued. But, in our imperfect world, maybe there is some logic to (borrowing a phrase from the military) train like you fight.
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How Many Patients Can I Squeeze In?
Remember that old childhood rhyme? How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Well, here’s a new one. How many patients can a doc squeeze in if a doc could squeeze them in?
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E-mail, Intimacy, and Concierge Medicine
E-mail is not for every physician. Legal concerns and HIPAA compliance are perceived barriers to using e-mail. They are excuses. There are, however, practical reasons that prevent most docs from considering e-mail.
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Michael Douglas and Missed Diagnosis
The wife of actor Michael Douglas recently said she was “furious” that doctors did not locate and treat her husband’s throat cancer earlier, indicating it would have improved his chance of survival. The Oscar-winner’s diagnosis shocked many, both because of who he is and because what was initially thought to be a sore throat turned out to be something far worse.
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The Ghost War
As I looked out on my audience of uniformed physicians and nurses, the stories of destroyed lives and war ran through my mind and I thought, “Does anybody besides the military remember that we are fighting two wars?”
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