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Fate of Doctor-Assisted Suicide Law Unknown
A stay is issued against lower-court ruling in California’s doctor-assisted suicide law. A group of doctors and religious-affiliated people fought hard against California’s recently-passed doctor-assisted suicide law. In May 2018, the opponents of the law won a major victory, when a district court judge declared that the law violated the...
A sick doctor must show up to work. That's wrong.
Doctors are humans and should feel human when they get sick.
There was a time when doctors were doctors
There was a time when doctors were doctors, physicians, and surgeons. There was a time when we were not referred to as contractors, or providers.
When Patients Manage Doctors
People who suffer from multiple chronic illnesses often find they must take charge of managing health-care providers, especially when instructions and prescriptions conflict.
Doctors Save Man Who Swallowed 40 Knives
I don't know why he swallowed the knives. Perhaps he won't die.
As a doctor, did I just feed an addiction? Or ease a man's pain?
Among physicians, the opioid and overdose epidemics have transformed the treatment of pain into a moral and clinical cage fight.
Patients much likelier to choose hospital that employs their doctor
When patients have to go to the hospital, they're likely to choose a facility that employs their doctor, a new study suggests. The study, which finds that patients of independent doctors often choose low-cost and high-quality hospitals, hints that not all organizations are successfully integrating care.
Are male or female doctors better for patients?
A new study finds hospital patients treated by women doctors did better when it came to two important health outcomes
8 Things ER Doctors Refuse to Have in Their Homes
By Lisa Lombardi<br>Emergency room physicians see all kinds of grisly stuff, which made us wonder: What products do they consider so hazardous t...
Family Doctors Who Do More, Save More
A study suggests that coordinated care, led by a family doctor who is judicious about referring patients to specialists, leads to cost savings.
6 Women on How the TRAP Laws Changed Their Lives
"I wanted that baby. But there was just 100-percent chance he would die."
How is the doctor-patient relationship changing? It’s going electronic.
Online records, video visits and smartphone medicine transform the traditional office appointment.
The Surprising Health Tip That Doctors And Bosses Should Recommend
A new study found that giving back results in 38 percent fewer hospital stays.
3 Ways Obamacare Is Changing How A Hospital Cares For Patients
For the first time, doctors have a financial incentive to keep patients out of the hospital. That's leading to some interesting changes.
What Doctors Know About How Bad It Is, and Won’t Say
A prognosis, predicting the likely course of an illness, often makes physicians uneasy, fearful that delivering bad news will dash patients’ hopes.
How do online symptom checkers compare to a doctor's diagnosis?
It's quick and easy to get a diagnosis on the computer, but how do the results compare to a real doctor?
Doctors Want To Learn More About Treating Transgender Patients, Survey Shows
Transgender patients, meanwhile, have serious complaints with the care they receive.
Why are doctors burned out? Our health care system is a complicated web
In a survey of physicians, overhauling electronic health record systems led the list of recommendations for decreasing dissatisfaction and burnout.
Why Doctors Are Playing With Life-Size Dolls
Mannequins that can sweat, groan and bleed are replacing lectures and videos as the new medical teaching tool.
