ACOG on North Dakota’s Legislation
As Dr. Jen Gunther says, who do you want in the examining room with you? The political fundraiser or your physician? Today ACOG (the Congress) released a statem...
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big business medicine/evidence-based medicine/health care reform/overuse of technology/simplistic solutions to complex problems
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...
health care reform/physician-patient relationship/simplistic solutions to complex problems/the sound-bite mindset
Demonizing Physicians
The disturbing tendency to try to blame all the problems in health care on physicians seems to be escalating, which shouldn’t be surprising considering th...
big business medicine/health care reform/patient-centered care/physician-patient relationship/reducing health care costs/simplistic solutions to complex problems/the sound-bite mindset
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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...
big business medicine/health care reform/Medicare Part D/patient-centered care/pharmaceuticals/physician-patient relationship
Restricting Drug Access
Dr. Scott Gottlieb’s title of his op-ed column in The Wall Street Journal, “Congress Wants to Restrict Drug Access,” is misleading, not by wha...
