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Can Doctors Thrive?

Can Doctors Thrive?

Old and New Music, on Dying to Give Birth

Old and New Music, on Dying to Give Birth

A Little Bit of Good? on Dying, Communication, and Breaking Bad

A Little Bit of Good? on Dying, Communication, and Breaking Bad

Island Practice, About A Rare Physician on Nantucket

Island Practice, About A Rare Physician on Nantucket

Should People With Health Problems Talk About their Conditions?

Should People With Health Problems Talk About their Conditions?

What Do We Need Doctors For?

What Do We Need Doctors For?

Talking About Physician Burnout, and Changing the System

Talking About Physician Burnout, and Changing the System

Vicious Verbiage Targets Cancer Patients’ Voices, at Cardiobrief

Vicious Verbiage Targets Cancer Patients’ Voices, at Cardiobrief

How Much Do You Want Your Doctors To Say About Risks of Treatment?

How Much Do You Want Your Doctors To Say About Risks of Treatment?

On Sheryl Crow’s Report that She Has a Meningioma, and Singing Loud

On Sheryl Crow’s Report that She Has a Meningioma, and Singing Loud

Why Hurricanes Remind Me of Patient Care

Why Hurricanes Remind Me of Patient Care

Illness is Not Discrete. On Feeling Sick, and Not Knowing What’s Next

Illness is Not Discrete. On Feeling Sick, and Not Knowing What’s Next

Rough Language and Real Politics Jeopardize Women’s Health

Rough Language and Real Politics Jeopardize Women’s Health

Harsh Words, and Women’s Health at Risk

Harsh Words, and Women’s Health at Risk

Counterfeit Drugs, A New Concern for Patients

Counterfeit Drugs, A New Concern for Patients

Oh, No Methotrexate!

Oh, No Methotrexate!

Breast Cancer Stats: Notes from the 2012 ACS Report, and a Key Question

Breast Cancer Stats: Notes from the 2012 ACS Report, and a Key Question

What Causes Breast Cancer? Reviewing the IOM Report on BC and the Environment

What Causes Breast Cancer? Reviewing the IOM Report on BC and the Environment

New Music from an Orchestra of Radioactive Isotopes

New Music from an Orchestra of Radioactive Isotopes

Seeing the Metastatic Side of Breast Cancer

Seeing the Metastatic Side of Breast Cancer

3 Differences between Prostate and Breast Cancer Screening

3 Differences between Prostate and Breast Cancer Screening

Notes on Kris Carr and Crazy Sexy Cancer

Notes on Kris Carr and Crazy Sexy Cancer

Why It Makes Sense To Keep Avastin Available For Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Why It Makes Sense To Keep Avastin Available For Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Looking Back on ‘The Normal Heart,’ and Patients’ Activisim

Looking Back on ‘The Normal Heart,’ and Patients’ Activisim

Don Berwick, Head of CMS, on the Value of Patient-Centered Care

Don Berwick, Head of CMS, on the Value of Patient-Centered Care

Give Doctors a Break

Give Doctors a Break

Get Off My Case

Get Off My Case

In Defense of Primary Care, and of Sub-Sub-Sub-Specialists

In Defense of Primary Care, and of Sub-Sub-Sub-Specialists

Live-Blogging a Book, and the Earthquake

Live-Blogging a Book, and the Earthquake

May I Call You ‘Doctor’?

May I Call You ‘Doctor’?

Pink’s OK With Me

Pink’s OK With Me

Considering the Significance of a Doctor’s White Coat

Considering the Significance of a Doctor’s White Coat

Why It’s a Good Idea to Get a Second Opinion, and Maybe a Third, But Rarely a Fourth

Why It’s a Good Idea to Get a Second Opinion, and Maybe a Third, But Rarely a Fourth

Honoring MLK by Advocating Gun Control

Honoring MLK by Advocating Gun Control

Why the Term ‘Patient’ Is So Important in Health Care

Why the Term ‘Patient’ Is So Important in Health Care

On a Velázquez Portrait, and the Value of Expertise

On a Velázquez Portrait, and the Value of Expertise

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