Commentary
Opinion
Improving self-confidence
When I meet with our young doctors, I try to provide feedback not only on their medical acumen but also on their confidence to deploy that...
Managing Your Practice
Sexual harassment: Prevention and defense
Medical offices are far from immune from harassment, of course, and the problem is not limited to staff interactions.
Law & Medicine
Legal duty to nonpatients: Communicable diseases
A health care provider can sometimes be found liable to one other than his or her immediate patient, notwithstanding the absence of a provider-...
Opinion
Patient-centered care in clinic
Use the computer as a bond to strengthen your relationship with your patient.
Commentary
Report on newly recognized cause of dementia should be read widely
The LATE consensus working group reportcalls for systematic study of the causes of dementia.
Hitting a Nerve
Poster ads don’t belong in the clinic
“Patients are bombarded with direct-to-consumer advertising for many drugs in every media outlet. The doctor’s discussion room shouldn’t be one of...
Opinion
Who’s increasing health care costs? Not us!
Community leadership has been minimized, and where it exists, it is under constant pressure to make a profit.
Hitting a Nerve
Too much to lose from office visit recording or filming
During office visits, Dr. Allan M. Block suggests that it may be prudent to “speak as if everyone is recording, behave as if everyone is filming...
Opinion
Spring
I grew up in New England where Forsythia bushes flower this time of year – a most welcome sign that the winter’s worst was over.
Hitting a Nerve
Unintended consequences in the drive to simplify computerized test ordering