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Law & Politics | By March 21, 2008 | By JC, MD | 2 Comments
Presidential Politics and Physicians
When it comes to politics, it’s difficult to be a physician these days. There are many strong candidates in the presidential primaries this year. From the Republican side you’ve got a very ethical leader in John McCain. For the Democrats you’ve got a very charismatic and young Barack Obama and a very smart and battle-tested Hillary Clinton. All of them have very interesting ideas about the healthcare system and improving access to medical care.
Physicians as a voter demographic are a tough nut to crack. Read more →
- Who’s Gonna Take Care of You When You Are Sick?
- Sentinel Events - When Doctors Make Mistakes
- Usually It’s Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court
- The Reimbursement Crisis in Medicine - Are We Shooting Ourselves in the Foot?
- The Medical Profession on a Downward Spiral?
- The 80 Hour Work Week Is Only The Beginning
- Conflicts of Interest in Drug Prescribing
- Do You Really Need Surgery?
- Anonymous Physician Bloggers
- The Inherent Problem With Health Insurance
- When Mental Illness Affects Post-Surgical Recovery
I ask this question because as a medical professional I believe this is a significant question for all of my patients to consider. Whether you are currently healthy or sick, young or old, this is the key question. All too often, I see patients who don’t have an answer to this question. Perhaps... Read more →
In the medical world, certain events that happen in the care of a patient are called sentinel events. These are unexpected events that cause serious physical or psychological injury or harm to a patient. These are usually procedure-based events such as operating on the wrong extremity or inadvertently... Read more →
I’ve written before about medical malpractice and the rising costs for physicians of all specialties. One of the things we as physicians really fear is malpractice lawsuits by patients. We are taught in medical school and in training that the number one way to prevent a lawsuit is to talk to the... Read more →
In this era of declining reimbursements, I’ve been thinking a lot about socialized medicine and how physicians can stop the bleeding. It’s clear that reimbursements cannot go lower for many physicians. If they go lower lots of docs simply won’t be able to run their offices anymore. While... Read more →
I recently read an interesting editorial from the NY Times regarding the professions of law and medicine and how they continue to lack the luster that they used to have. It’s sad but true. Medicine just is not what it used to be. Although the profession is not hurting for aspiring young physicians,... Read more →
For those of you who don’t know. The 80 hour work week is a relatively new limitation for resident physicians in training. This rule was put into effect a few years ago to prevent sleep deprivation among physicians in training. The rule was meant to curtail medical errors such as incorrect prescriptions,... Read more →
As reimbursements continue to decrease every year, physicians must be extremely financial savvy in order to survive. Some areas of the United States can’t seem to find enough doctors (think middle of the country), whereas others have a glut of doctors (think West and East Coasts). Coupled with... Read more →
One of the inherent problems with the field of Surgery is that aside from emergency surgery, surgical indications can be somewhat nebulous. If you are a victim of trauma and in a life and death situation, a surgeon can do surgery on you in order to save your life if you are not able to make medical decisions.... Read more →
Some people have questioned why I blog as a physician and why I blog anonymously. For those of you who haven’t kept up with the medical news, there have been a handful of lawsuits recently where physicians blogged about their patients anonymously. In one case, a physician was being sued for malpractice... Read more →
I’ve been helping a friend look for health and dental insurance these past few weeks. As a physician employed by a hospital, I get insurance as a benefit of my employment. Essentially, it is a corporate type of insurance that is paid for by my employer. Anybody who works for my hospital gets the... Read more →
Recently I heard about a patient who was involved in a motor vehicle accident. He suffered a major pelvic injury and required surgery to fix his pelvis. His only other medical history was that he suffered from significant anxiety and panic disorder. A few days after his surgery he became very agitated... Read more →
Thursday, August 21, 2008
- The Anti-Psychiatry Movement
- Vaccines - A Two-Edged Sword
- Should Doctors Have Guns?
- Extremist Muslim Doctors Do More Than Heal
- Woman Comparable to Men in Domestic Violence: Stereotypes and their Consequences
- The Bipolar Trend
- The Implications of Implanted Chips
- Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn't Mess Around
- The Biopsychosocial Model of Health & Illness
- Unhinging from Theory: Autism and Opinions
- God And Religion: Is It All In Our Heads?
- The Science of Brain Freeze
- Encephalon, Thirty-Third Edition
- Meditation for Troubled Minds: Can the Mind Heal the Mind?
- Mind-Body: We Want Evidence, Don't We?
- Is War A Psychosis?
- Usually It's Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court
- Acknowledging Vaccination Concerns
- Integrating Schizophrenia Management
- Rabies Virus Helps Deliver Drugs into the Brain
- Is Seeing Into the Future More Than an Optical Illusion?
- Malignant Medicine
- Putting an End to Medicare Fraud
- The Gift of Life - Part 1
- Brain Blogging, Thirty-Eight Edition
- The Mental Health of our Military
- Will Money Improve NYC’s Health?
- Culturally Competent Care - Are Health Care Providers Doing Enough?
- Conflicts of Interest Among Physicians II
- How To Talk To Kids About Sex
- Sleep and Consciousness - A Dynamic State of Being
- HIV-Positive? Start Meditating
- Public Health Needs a Shot in the Arm
- Medical Students Can Make A Difference
- What Makes A Good Doctor? - A Patient’s Perspective
- Can this Economic Downturn Lead to Better Psychosocial Health?
- Fall Prevention - Who is Ultimately Responsible?
- Anti-Epileptic Drugs and the Risk of Suicide
- Real Life Medicine in Nepal - The Headache Phenomenon
- The Trans Fat Ban - Is High-Fructose Corn Syrup Next?
- But of course, the correct answer is that both systems compensa...
- Thank you for expressing well ,my sentiments Exactly !!! It's been my experienc...
- Well said.
Medicare Fraud needs to be stopped. Stricter enforcement with s...
- I think that the stem cell treatment is incredible and very important. My father...
- This is a very noble cause and it warms my heart to think of the life you are sa...
- Can you point me in the right direction for where you found out that they are co...
- The war made the disaster for humankind......
- I find this article very interesting - I wasn't aware of the study but can certa...
- Hi,
Your readers should be aware of a new FDA approved treatment for patients...
- I am a parent of two teenagers and a psychotherapist. No matter what, parents s...
- I've been trying to prepare better foods now that I have two little ones, but fi...
- Extremist behavior is not limited just to charismatic leaders. Kamikaze pilots i...
- A related question: how is compliance with the oath ensured. By doctors, no? H...
- In Canada, where all docs are salaried, efforts to add a private tier
to the na...
- You have hit the tip of the iceberg. We have become a society of convenience. ...
- On the other hand...I work with several doc who have great relationship skills, ...
- I had a conversation with a prominent surgeon who told me he could predict post-...
- Who would have thought that our neighborhood could make us fat - but when you ta...
- Jennifer Gibson, PharmD,
As a vaccine apologist , you speak of past accomplis...
- All what "words" we have today or would have tomorrow are coined by human beings...

