How patients say they feel may be a good indicator of their general health.
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Doctors Should Listen to Patient Instincts
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Checking on Bullying at the Doctor’s Office
After hearing my young patient’s story, I now make it a point to ask all my patients if they are being made fun of or bullied at school.
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Well: Why Doctors Care About Happiness
We in the health care professions need to notice and inquire about happiness the same way we do other aspects of our patients’ lives.
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Well: Doctors Who Get Sued Are Likely to Get Sued Again
One percent of all doctors account for 32 percent of all paid malpractice claims.
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Well: Doctors Behaving Badly
The decision by a prominent medical journal to publish an anonymous essay recounting appalling behavior by doctors while a patient was unconscious has sparked debate in the medical community.
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You Will See the Doctor’s Fallibility Now
Physicians, too, can become confused in ways that lead to “never” events, as in they should never occur. How far should the system go to prevent them?
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Doctors’ Notes for Pregnant Employees Can Backfire, Experts Warn
Unspecific or poorly timed notes seeking accommodations can bring harsh responses from women’s employers.
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Doctors as Advocates for Family Leave
By acting as patient advocates, doctors and other health care professional can do more to support broader family leave policies.
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Well: When Doctors and Nurses Work Together
A group of doctors and nurses at Yale-New Haven Hospital has been quietly working to change the culture of “defensive medicine” that so many have come to accept as inevitable.
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Well: The Silence of Doctors Around Alzheimer’s
Dementia is not something we doctors talk much about. We all have many patients with dementia — and more every year — but we never seem to chat about it the way we discuss kidney disease or cancer treatment.
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