Perspective Outside the Box
The tension between the practice of science and art has been with us for a long time, but with every new technological advance, the tension ratchets tighter and...
The tension between the practice of science and art has been with us for a long time, but with every new technological advance, the tension ratchets tighter and...
The media is full of Medicare fraud this and Medicare fraud that, but there is little attempt to put anything in context, creating an exceedingly poisonous atmo...
I’ve written before on the nonsense of trying to make a recipe card define quality heath care for patients, emphasizing that expert knowledge is not rule-...
The discussion of the problems with our health care system and reform sometimes brings out the best in us and sometimes the worst. ProPublica is a web site whi...
Note: Even back in 1992 when we wrote Modern Medicine, the focus of patient care had become the patient’s chart, not the patient. Because there w...