Doctor’s Voice

What Healthcare Professionals Don’t Know About Child Abuse

Posted by PWeekly | Apr 11, 2019 | Doctor's Voice |

April marks the start of another child abuse prevention month. Blue ribbons serve to raise...

Posted by PWeekly | Apr 8, 2019 | Doctor's Voice |

Our words matter. As with making an accurate diagnosis, using accurate language to describe a...

In 2010, I blogged about CT scan being the gold standard for the diagnosis of appendicitis....

Posted by PWeekly | Mar 28, 2019 | Doctor's Voice |

The following was originally posted on March 8, 2019 by PW blogger Kelly Cawcutt, MD, to her...

Posted by PWeekly | Mar 21, 2019 | Doctor's Voice |

Abortion is a reliably contentious topic, and social media abounds with longstanding and ongoing...

Posted by PWeekly | Mar 20, 2019 | Doctor's Voice |

A 2015 study indicates that physician burnout increased from 45.5% to 54.4% between 2011 and 2014,...

In August 2014, a 13-year-old boy with type 1 diabetes died after being treated by self-described...

Posted by PWeekly | Mar 13, 2019 | Doctor's Voice |

As physicians, whether or not we hold a formal position of power or leadership, we are all...

Posted by PWeekly | Mar 12, 2019 | Doctor's Voice |

When I departed Scotland in 1985 to travel to America for my surgical oncology fellowship (breast...