In recent decades, as insurers have taken over the delivery of medicine, we doctors are trained to be ever quick and to the point during the brief interaction we have with our patients. Our tim...
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As a primary care physician I’m in the helping profession: I spend my days helping solve people’s problems, both physical and mental. I love what I do and always take my patients’ complaint...
The form sat on my desk all morning. I glanced at it now and then, sighing slightly each time. Then about 3 in the afternoon I had a window of time. I sign death certificates about half a doz...
I look at my schedule every morning with my assistant. We troubleshoot things—who needs a lab test or an Xray before being seen, or an ECG or a wheelchair; would a patient’s needs be better...
Health Notes -One Day at a Time “I think it’s just a virus, a stomach virus, Really. My wife had the same thing.” The wizened man looked at me, just above my eyes. “I’ve been...