Dr. Nandagopal Vrindavanam , a medical oncologist at Atrium Medical Center in Middletown, said people who have just been diagnosed with breast cancer should ask their doctor these questions. Advice ...
Physicians describe when delayed disclosure may be justified and why lying to patients is never ethically acceptable, even ...
Recently, a long-standing patient came in for her routine office follow-up appointment for management of hypertension and arthritis. After a warm greeting, she told me there was a matter she needed to ...
Communicating to patients that they need to come to their annual checkup is important for eye doctors to convey to help treat their patients, says Ariana Levin, MD. Glaucoma is a disease that affects ...
NEW ORLEANS — Have you ever been too embarrassed to tell your doctor about your symptom or maybe a medication side effect? Maybe you feel like the doctor has no bedside manners, so you don't go to the ...
Dr. Cedrek McFadden, a board-certified colorectal and general surgeon with over 20 years of clinical experience at Prisma ...
FUTURE DOCTORS ON HOW TO TALK WITH PATIENTS AND LEARN FROM NURSES AND HEAD AND NECK SURGERY. SO IT’S KIND OF INTERESTING. MEET MORGAN WONG, TUFTS UNIVERSITY FIRST YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT, FUTURE DOCTOR.
Communication is an underappreciated skill, particularly in medicine. While our world has become increasingly interconnected thanks to the ever-growing number of new devices, apps and infrastructure, ...
Earlier this month, a newer patient came in to see me for a check-up and discussion about her extremely high cholesterol level. In her late 50s with a family history of early-age heart attack, she was ...
A recent study by Harvard researchers that found female doctors achieve better results than their male counterparts has raised some interesting questions about effective care and doctor-patient ...
A professor led a study that found that shared decision-making and the quality of the health care provider's history-taking and physical exam were the main drivers of spinal pain patients' ...