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...doctors are less enthusiastic about the idea. Yet the American Academy of Family Physicians (A.A.F.P.) has officially concluded that it is pointless to battle the clinics' proliferation, and has chosen instead to define standards of sound practice. Many doctors argue that the clinics cannot provide the ongoing relationship between patient and caregiver that is crucial to managing disease. "There's no history and there's no future implied by the interaction" between nurse and patient at a miniclinic, says Dr. John Saultz, who teaches family medicine at Oregon Health & Science University. "We take responsibility for [our patients] and look after...
...practice of medicine, doctors are fond of saying, is more art than science. Yet it's the guiding hand of science that directs them to reconsider treatments and make new educated guesses when a patient's symptoms don't go by the book. That's the force that will continue to reshape the way doctors manage heart disease, cancer and obesity in the coming years...
...pediatrician in practice for 22 years, I think the messages in Cottle's essay are important for doctors in all specialties to understand: have respect for your patients' time, listen to what they are saying and directly address their concerns. In other words, examine and treat the patient's body but also pay attention to the person inside...
...wasn’t happy for a long time when I first came here,” Puchtel said. “It was a total culture shock, and it wasn’t working out right away. But I stuck through it, I was patient, and it ended up paying off. I’m extremely happy with the decision...
...Modern medicine has given us a lot of great new things with which to help our patients. Placebo, though, just might be? one of the things it's taking away. Not many docs with enough credibility, not many patients with enough faith. Toss in the lawsuit threat with our increasingly medically-savvy patient base, and the fact that few U.S. docs report using placebo at all anymore is not suprising...