Well: The Doctor as Moonlighter
Photo Credit Adam McCauley Three or four nights a month, I work as a moonlighter in an intensive care unit….
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U.S. and Cuba at Odds Over Exodus of the Island’s Doctors
Dr. José Angel Sánchez, now in Paterson, N.J., saw his medical school training as a route out of Cuba to…
Well: Love on the Hospital Walls
Photo Credit Getty Images The patient I was caring for, a woman in her 40s with leukemia, had been admitted…
Well: In Age of Digital Records, Paper Still Carries Weight
Photo Credit Jon Krause As the ancient Britons celebrated the alignment of stone and shadow at Stonehenge, as modern astronomers…
Well: Death and Sandwiches
Photo Credit Stuart Bradford How do you eat a sandwich after pronouncing a man dead? I pondered the question during…
Hospice Patients Teach a Lot About Facing Death, Doctor Says
Based on the work of psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, known for identifying the five stages of grief, the “four gifts” are monumental for patients and families preparing for death, Thalhuber said.
Getting the Diagnosis Wrong
As I talked with my patient and examined her abdomen, my mind ran through this list, prioritizing what diagnoses seemed more likely. But the question remained in my head: Would I get the diagnosis correct?
Think Like a Doctor
The operation, called a gastric sleeve, went fine. Her daughter came home just a couple of days after the surgery. She had no pain. She said she felt great. And she looked bright and eager.
Patients Are Seen as Potential Donors, Many Doctors Say
More and more these days, development offices at major cancer centers are teaching doctors to seize such opportunities to raise money for the medical center or for their own research.
In an unprecedented survey of more than 400 oncologists at 40 leading cancer centers, nearly half said they had been taught to identify wealthy patients who might be prospective donors.