Search results for "Oncology"
A doctor seeks ways to encourage earlier palliative care talks
Palliative care doctors are working on introducing the concept of palliative care across disciplines, with a particular focus on primary care. The goal is to introduce it earlier in the process of patient care, and earlier in the educational process of the physicians themselves.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/10/palliative.htm
1 Oct 2014
Mindful medicine: Perils of diagnosing the physician-patient
A physician diagnoses himself, leaving a colleague to undo some of the mistaken thinking and come up with a simple diagnosis.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/01/mindful.htm
1 Jan 2009
Discussing prognosis: The topic that patients and doctors dread
Physicians may try to overcome their discomfort in talking about death by delivering an overly optimistic prognosis. But the eventual, inevitable decline may actually make the patient feel much worse. An effective strategy incorporates the patient's expectations.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/06/discussion.htm
1 Jun 2011
Mammography a viable option for healthy women as they age
Function, not age, determines whether a woman will benefit from mammography.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/01/mamoption.htm
1 Jan 2009
Genetic tests are being used more, and they're worth it
Molecular diagnostics tests could cost Americans $15 billion to $25 billion by the end of the next decade. Physicians believe the tests are warranted, although they're skeptical about costs and their ability to interpret them properly for patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/05/genomics.htm
1 May 2012
Patient's doubts about diagnosis prompt a second opinion
A 61-year-old retired military officer presented to a local hospital in the Midwest with flank pain and E. coli bacteremia.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/03/three.htm
1 Mar 2008
Gratitude and thanks for those who vaccinate
A particularly difficult experience is confronting diseases that might have been prevented through vaccination, yet it is care that prevents illness and greater pain.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/11/gratitude-and-thanks-for-those-who-vaccinate.htm
1 Nov 2018
Mindful Medicine: Don't let emotion impede right diagnosis
A case study shows how affective errors can lead to a missed diagnosis, by Jerome Groopman, FACP and Pamela Hartzband, FACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/mindful.htm
1 Sep 2008
Mammography poses small benefits, latent risks in elderly
Like all screening exams, mammography has a potential adverse effect on comfort, function and psychological well-being.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/01/mamrisks.htm
1 Jan 2009
Med school debt becomes budgeting burden for primary care
A newly minted primary care physician graduates with a budget that leaves him or her $800 in the red each month. Compared to their subspecialist counterparts, the debt leaves primary care physicians feeling undervalued, especially since they value their work to be as hard and as important.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/07/money.htm
1 Jul 2011