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Medical television shows are some of the oldest around — especially soapy productions like E.R. and General Hospital. Whether it’s comedy (Scrubs) or drama (Grey’s Anatomy), we eat up medical shows in every way, shape, or form, and we mourn them when they’re tragically dropped from the broadcast schedule. Some of us grow up watching them and want to […]
As the mainstream media constantly harp on the ‘obesity epidemic’ and warn us all of the growing numbers of fatties sweeping the nation, one thing people seem reluctant to do is to adjust medical education when it comes to teaching trainee doctors how to interact with fat patients. As this is a world where fat […]
Like the CSI franchise, Grey’s Anatomy has become an important cultural institution in the United States; the primetime soap may be yet another iteration of a long-established television category, but something about it is compelling audiences to tune in season after season. This even after the plots get more and more absurd and the characters […]
The last couple of years have presented some troubling developments when it comes to the fragile relationship between physicians and patients, one that requires a high degree of trust and confidence on both sides in order to be effective. A patient who does not feel comfortable with a doctor may not disclose the truth, may […]
Posters at the doctor’s office remind me that I am supposed to be an informed patient; I should read brochures, take classes, talk to my doctor. I should educate myself and advocate for myself when I’m meeting with doctors, nurses, and other health care providers. Informed patients have better medical outcomes, find it easier to […]
Two recent articles delved into what seems like a pretty simple question: Should patients read their own medical records? Particularly the notes doctors jot down in the course of diagnosis and treatment? It seems like it should be self evident. Your medical records are, after all, about you. That means they contain information that might […]