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Previous Posts About My Respect of Patients

July 24, 2010 Just Stuff Kind of Thingies

It’s not our fault Getting Along (Part 1): Doctor Rules Favorite Shame Dear Insensitive Person How to Be A Good Patient Ask Dr Rob: Resilience Joi De Vivre An Open Letter to Consultants These are a sampling of older posts that highlight the fact that I feel the patient, not the doctor, is the center [...]

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To Know and be Known

July 23, 2010 Blogging

A thought struck me when reading an excellent post on Warmsocks’ blog.  The vast majority of responses to my recent posts on doctor/patient relations have been positive.  Yet a vocal minority of people have read what I wrote in a negative light – that I am somehow projecting my doctor arrogance into those posts and [...]

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My Side

July 22, 2010 Being a Doctor

I was planning on leaving behind the seriousness of the past few posts and going back to my usual inane writing, but some of the comments have made it too hard for me to keep quiet.  The response has been largely positive, and overall it has been overwhelming.  More people have read or commented on [...]

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Failure

July 19, 2010 Being a Doctor

I went to a patient’s funeral this past weekend.  I generally don’t do that for people whose relationship I’ve built in the exam room.  It’s a complex set of emotions, but invariably some family member will start telling others what a nice doctor I am and how much the person had liked me as a [...]

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A Letter to Patients With Chronic Disease

July 14, 2010 Being a Doctor

Dear Patients: You have it very hard, much harder than most people understand.  Having sat for 16 years listening to the stories, seeing the tiredness in your eyes, hearing you try to describe the indescribable, I have come to understand that I too can’t understand what your lives are like.  How do you answer the [...]

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My EMR Reality

July 12, 2010 Being a Doctor

OK, I am an EMR fan-boy, I will admit it.  I seem real “rah rah” in my approach to computers in the exam room, and to many I seem to have my head in the clouds; I seem to be out of touch with reality.  In response to posts I have written on the subject, [...]

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Repost: When a Vacation is not a Vacation

July 9, 2010 Being a Doctor

I just got back from an extended time off, which brings to mind a post I wrote 2 years ago: —————– Here’s an observation: most physicians in private practice don’t take enough vacations.  I am often (rightly) accused of this sin.  My staff, colleagues, and even patients regularly encourage me to take time off; but [...]

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Bad Day

June 30, 2010 Being a Doctor

Today has been lousy.  It’s one of those days where you start to worry about being hit by meteors or lightning bolts.  Nothing huge happened, just an accumulation of many little things; but it got under my skin. I keep my personal journal entries on on a program on my computer, and all of my [...]

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Poll: What Should Be Done About Medicare?

June 28, 2010 The Healthcare Problem
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Heavy Words

June 27, 2010 Personal Musings

The post that forever doomed the world to have my writing forced onto them was one called Shame, in which I describe my frustration with how society stigmatizes people who are obese.  It was picked up by the NY TImes Health Blog and got a good conversation about the subject going on the blog-o-sphere. A [...]

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