Why Patient Advocacy Is Important Without Being Hated
“I don’t know.” It’s an answer patients hate to hear. It is also an answer we doctors hate to...
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“I don’t know.” It’s an answer patients hate to hear. It is also an answer we doctors hate to...
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Over 2017, many legislative efforts were put forth by lawmakers to heal the ailing US healthcare...
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In October 2017, President Donald Trump announced that the opioid epidemic is a public health...
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We discussed this blog post, and more, with Dr. Girgis in a live #PWChat TweetChat at 3:00pm (ET)...
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By Linda Girgis, MD, FAAFP In the first week of August 2017, Dr. Jerome Adams was confirmed as...
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On December 13, 2016, President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law. While the...
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Patients are becoming increasingly disgruntled in our current healthcare system. Doctors and other...
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Recently, a man with severe autism was in the office for follow-up. While speaking with him and...
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A few weeks ago, I spent a week working with the Floating Doctors in their medical mission in...
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While training to be doctors, most of us learned that professional ethics dictate that we not...
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We should hold those responsible for spreading false medical information accountable for their...
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While certain politicians pontificate about building a wall to separate the US from surrounding...
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“Many people see doctors and see arrogance or greed. Others see caring souls. The doctor in...
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Child Abuse Awareness month is here as it is every April in the US. For most people, the surreal...
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The crime scene is the US healthcare system scattered in clinics, private practices, and hospitals...
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As 2016 rolls out, many resolutions spring to life and others already lay broken underfoot....
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As doctors, we can all remember the attending doctors who struck fear in our hearts or the senior...
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The universe we live in is billions of years old. Our lives here are a blink of an eye in...
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We live in society where there is a little white pill to cure every ill. There are pills to make...
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The pink ribbon symbolizing breast cancer appears everywhere. And that is because October is...
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