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What Some Patients Will Do For Drugs: A Strange Phone Call Late At Night
9:00 pm: Hello. It’s Mrs. Mumbledimumbler; I need the doctor to call me right away. My hip is driving me crazy. Please call me. I listen to the message three times so I can sort of make out the name....
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Does Your Doctor Have Time To Think About You?
At the New York Times’ City Room Blog, Joel Cohen writes: my wife and I are convinced that all medical students should have to pass Overbooking 101 before they can become doctors.Again and again, we...
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Family Physician Makes The Switch Back To The White Coat
I have not worn a white coat since I opened my own practice more than twenty years ago. Not that I had anything against white coats in principle. I wore my short white one in med school with pride, and...
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The Family Physician May Become Extinct – Is That A Bad Thing?
The New York Times recently published an article titled the Family Can’t Give Away Solo Practice wistfully noting that doctors like Dr. Ronald Sroka and “doctors like him are increasingly being...
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Why Family Medicine Needs Social Media
I wasn’t able to attend the Annual Leadership Forum (ALF) and the National Conference of Special Constituencies (NCSC) meetings in person this year. This is an annual meeting in Kansas City put on by...
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Budget Cuts And Their Potential Complications For Family Medicine
Every day in the news, you hear about the United States federal budget and the potential political complications if something is done or if nothing is done. And every day in the news you hear about...
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Institute Of Medicine Suggests 8 New Preventive Services To Improve Women’s...
Eight preventive health services for women should be added to the services that health plans will cover at no cost to patients under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, according to...
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Fifteen Years Ago Vs. Today: How Much Debt Do Med Students Accumulate?
The total debt cost of medical school has become obnoxious. When I started medical school 15 years ago this month, I took out approximately $2,000 a month in loans. $1,000 a month for all living...
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Using Social Media To Change The Public’s Perception Of Family Medicine
How should physicians utilize social media in their professional lives? In this video, I was interviewed by Family Practice News at the 2011 American Academy of Family Physicians Annual Scientific...
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Family Medicine Residents And Students Discuss Leadership And Advocacy
Just wanted to get some initial thoughts down following the Family Medicine Summit organized by the California Academy of Family Physicians. I’ll have some more developed thoughts in a later post....
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