Commentary
Opinion
Sexual harassment: Prevention and defense
Medical offices are far from immune from harassment, of course, and the problem is not limited to staff interactions.
Opinion
Antimalarials in pregnancy and lactation
Most antimalarials appear safe to use during pregnancy, but avoid primaquine. Tell patients to use personal protective measures as well.
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-...
Commentary
Powerful breast-implant testimony constrained by limited evidence
SILVER SPRING, MD. – Women report personal horror stories of apparent breast-implant complications, but systematically-collected data remain...
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.
Opinion
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.
Opinion
Unintended consequences in the drive to simplify computerized test ordering
Opinion
Firing patients
As with pretty much everything in a private practice, accurate and written documentation of dismissible behavior is essential.
Opinion
Prior authorization revisited: An update from the APA
Dr. Dinah Miller says she often refers to the GoodRx app when prescribing medications that might be expensive at one pharmacy but not another.
Opinion
Patient, heal thyself!
Octavio has prostate cancer. His prostate growth is large but localized.
“What do your doctors suggest?” I asked him.
“They sent me to...