A Young Doctor's Hardest Lesson: Keep Your Mouth Shut
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The biggest shock along the road to becoming a doctor is the revelation that you can ask and the patient will tell anything.
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I n the room where young teachers often eat lunch, first-year science teacher Prathima Kathiresan is venting. "I spend half my day saying 'Be quiet! Be quiet!' "
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Practice does not necessarily make perfect. Not many things make perfect, to tell the truth.
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Doctors appeal to relatives not to sell their stories.
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A pediatrician offers advice on how to protect children from frigid temperatures.
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Advances in genetic testing are placing strains on the principle of doctor-patient confidentiality, as doctors grapple with whether to tell a patient&#39;s relatives
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Plenty of evidence suggests that having trouble understanding medical information is bad for your health. Now new research says it could even be deadly.
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A new study shows that many doctors waste patientsâ time in office visits by interjecting irrelevant information about themselves.
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Finding the right words for tricky conversations with children.
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When painful medicine is involved, closeness to a patient can make for fuzzy views.
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Do not always expect straight talk from your doctor about treatments he or she disapproves of -- 14 percent of physicians believe it is acceptable to withhold information about controversial topics, according to a study published on Wednesday.
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Remember. When criticizing others in a crowded room, someone will hear you.
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Second opinions can be awkward, to say the least, for doctor and patient, and surprisingly little is known about them.
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Remember what you've learned, and keep those lines of communication open!
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Fears that money has an undue influence on the practice of medicine are not new. In the 12th century, the Jewish philosopher Maimonides wrote an oath for physicians that included this admonition: ''Do not allow thirst for profit, ambition for renown and admiration to interfere with my profession.&quot;
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The hardest thing I've had to come to terms with in the 17 years since my hearing started to fail is not silence but intrusive noises: They ring in my ears, obscure the sounds I want to listen to and startle me when they amplify themselves without warning. There I am, working quietly at my desk, ...
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It&#39;s a lesson that children learn even before their ABCs - say you&#39;re sorry when you have hurt someone. But now it&#39;s being taught in the grown-up world of medicine as a surprisingly effective way to soothe patients and head off malpractice lawsuits.