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...wait to hunt for a doctor until the day you come down with the flu. Start the search when you're feeling healthy, advises Dr. Mack Lipkin Jr., director of the division of primary care at New York University School of Medicine. "You wouldn't buy a car the day you needed to get out of town," he says. "You'd want time to shop. You have to do the same when you choose a doctor." Although the concept of meeting with a physician before you sign on as a patient may seem a bit strange, Hiatt says, "there...
...have a doctor but feel the relationship isn't working, you can try to fix it, notes Lipkin, who is a principal investigator in a three-school project, funded by the Josiah Macy Foundation, to teach communication skills to medical students. It's a good idea to try to correct problems and misunderstandings as they arise. But if the frustration persists, the best medicine is to leave and find another doctor, Lipkin says. People often say they are unable to switch because they live in a small, one-doctor town. But for most Americans, that should no longer...
...expect to receive bad news, prepare for it. Take along someone whose support you can count on to take notes and serve as an extra set of ears. Also consider using a tape recorder so you'll have a record of the doctor's explanation and instructions, counsels Lipkin. Sometimes anxiety makes it hard to absorb information the first time around...
...weeks ago in record time, the coup was hailed as a milestone in medical history. And it was indeed a remarkable sign of how far medical research has come. But discovery often leads to greater uncertainty. "There aren't a lot of infectious diseases like this," says Dr. Ian Lipkin, a virologist at Columbia University. "This is a new virus we haven't encountered before, and we still don't understand a lot about its behavior." Scientists will eventually unravel much of this mystery. They just need more time. Here's hoping they can move as fast as the disease...
...She’d probably done that trip 20 or more times in the last two years—it was her thing,’’ said Lipkin-Moore, who added that her daughter was National Merit finalist who planned to attend Brandeis or Boston University. ‘’The day before it happened, she told me, `I’ve got to go to Boston tomorrow.’ It was her nourishment...