Docs Divided on Ethical Dilemmas
Medscape’s 2012 Ethics Report surveyed over 24,000 US physicians across 25 specialties about their...
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The True Costs of Alienating Patients
As healthcare costs rise, patients are demanding a higher level of service. This expectation goes...
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Physician Decision-Making: Damned If You Do…
Here’s a little story from the early days of my first job as a chairman of surgery. Shortly after...
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Complications & Collateral Damage
“Collateral damage: the effect of patient complications on the surgeon’s psyche”...
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An Error Occurred. Suspend All Surgery in the U.S.?
Here is an extreme “system error” type of response to an event that seems to have been a human...
Read MoreAre You Afraid to Be Wrong?
Richard Smith, a former editor of the British Medical Journal, wrote a thoughtful essay offering guidance for new medical students. (Full text here.) Although it was published in 2003, someone just brought it to my attention via...
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Most Physicians Eventually Sued for Malpractice
While the risk of being sued for malpractice can range from 2.6% for psychiatrists to almost 20%...
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