Bedside Manners

Will Technology Replace Pharmacists?

Maybe it can. But there are aspects of healthcare that can never be automated. Yes, I worked in healthcare and consulted for one of the stakeholders, and I have seen the benefits of automation – reducing human errors, improving delivery efficiency. But healthcare is a human profession, dealing with human beings and usually human beings [...]

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Most Doctors Don’t Recommend Their Own Profession

Dan Abshear Lately in the media, others have said and expressed concern about the apparent shortage of primary care doctors, most notably. Typically, the main reason stated for this shortage is lack of pay of this particular specialty compared with others chosen by potential physicians. Yet considering the additional attention of shortages of students in [...]

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British Doc Pisses People Off by Calling Out Fat

Dr. Hamish Meldrum is the head of the British Medical Association and has upset a lot of people because he wants to stop sugar-coating the obesity problem and start some serious prevention. Meldrum’s view is that obesity is not always a “medical” problem, but a behavioral one, and when doctors are too quick a write [...]

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Why We Like the Doctors We Like

I’ve visited with many doctors in the past – primary care docs and specialists, both as a patient and years ago as a professional. I’ve come to really appreciate the importance of bedside manners and compassion in medicine. Because of some of the behaviors I have seen from doctors when I worked in the pharmaceutical [...]

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Suicide and SSRI When Medical Legal Risk is High

By Robert Lamberts, M.D. I had a tough situation in the office yesterday. One of my patients is a 17-year old who went to the ER on Sunday for shortness of breath. They said she had a panic attack and should follow-up with me as soon as possible. When I saw her, she was clearly [...]

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