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Opinion | By August 20, 2008 | By JC, MD | 1 Comment
Malignant Medicine
There is a culture to medicine that I alluded to in my previous post about how everyone in the hospital is your boss. In essence, medicine is a profession like no other where “scutwork,” “malignancy” and “bad-mouthing” colleagues is standard practice. In the academic world this continues on in full force even after becoming an attending. In the private medical world it still exists. There is always a “Chief” or “Chair” of the department or division in which you practice. Most professions have hierarchy or levels of the ladder on which people sit. In medicine, I submit that the personalities are very strong due to the history of malignant medicine. Read more →
- Medical Students Can Make A Difference
It is that time of the year again when medical students start appearing on the wards. If you are a third year student you are now likely starting your clinical rotations. If you are a fourth year student you are probably embarking on away rotations to the specialty of your choice. Every physician has... Read more →
Monday, December 1, 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
- God And Religion: Is It All In Our Heads?
- Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn't Mess Around
- The Bipolar Trend
- Are You Vegetarian? How Do You Get Enough Protein?
- The Implications of Implanted Chips
- The Science of Brain Freeze
- Is War A Psychosis?
- The Biopsychosocial Model of Health & Illness
- Unhinging from Theory: Autism and Opinions
- Mind-Body: We Want Evidence, Don't We?
- Meditation for Troubled Minds: Can the Mind Heal the Mind?
- Encephalon, Thirty-Third Edition
- Acknowledging Vaccination Concerns
- Health Care and Politics II - The Democrats
- Usually It's Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court
- Giving Thanks All Year Long
- How Much Social Capital Do You Have?
- Should Doctors Engage in Racial Profiling?
- Going Green for Health Inequality
- Are Boys Really More Hard-Wired for Math than Girls?
- The Need for Post-Marketing Surveillance of Drugs
- Musical Medicine - Recovery After a MCA Stroke
- Are We Worshipping Celebrities or Heroes?
- Alcohol 101 - the Best Class on Campus
- School Bullies - Is the Amygdala to Blame?
- Reversing the Irreversible - Neuromotor Prostheses for Spinal Cord Injury
- How Much is a Pound of Prevention Worth?
- Electrical Brain Stimulation Improves Hand Motor Skills
- New Drug Approval - Lacosamide for Epilepsy
- Why Infidelity May Not Be Cheating Anymore
- Alzheimer’s Drug to Treat Binge Eating Disorder
- Brain Blogging, Forty-First Edition
- Diagnosing Child Abuse
- Hypnosis and Chronic Pain
- Hitler’s Guide to Propaganda - The Psychology of Coercion
- May the guidance of God (Allah) be upon you Mr Macher,
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