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Perspectives

Thought-provoking perspectives from leading health and medical experts

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Inequity Contributes to Burnout Among New Academic Physicians

It's not just patient-facing roles that can lead to burnout

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Emotional Epidemiology of Disease Is as Critical as Clinical Epidemiology

Gaining the trust of your patients is more important than ever

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A Solution for Healthcare, and Everything Else?

If we can fix healthcare, perhaps it can translate into solutions for the rest of what ails us

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Frontline Health Workers: 'Heroes' or Casualties of a Broken System?

The "heroic" narrative may not serve the courageous workers themselves or the public's health

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Every Patient is Someone's Loved One

Remember to be compassionate, honest, and thoughtful

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Healthy Ways to Reduce Stress During Match Season

Five tips for a more stress-free experience

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Is 'Big Pharma' To Blame For the Opioid Crisis?

More complex and actionable issues are at the root of the problem

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Let's Break the Incontinence Taboo

Too few of our patients know that treatment is an option

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Pipeline Programs Create a Path Toward Health Equity

We need more people in medicine working to serve their own communities

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When Will They Find Out I'm an Imposter?

Intellectual self-doubt stems from factors beyond individual control

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Leaving Clinical Medicine Without Regrets

It may seem daunting, but options exist

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Medical Translation Sacrifices Accuracy for Understanding

In health facilities and the pharmaceutical industry, this has consequences for patients

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I Woke Up One Morning and I'd Lost My Identity as a Doctor

Foreign-trained physicians like me face immense barriers to practicing in the U.S.

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What Do Alec Baldwin and the Unvaccinated Have in Common?

Both carry "live rounds" that put people in harm's way

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In the Story of Our Practice, We're Always the Hero

When is it right to challenge our medical colleagues?

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I Didn't Match My First Time Around

And I'm doing just fine

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The Race to Find Uses for Big Data

The concept has infiltrated healthcare, but is the information being used effectively?

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Who Will Take Care of Our Aging Population?

Compassion fatigue is hollowing out the elder care workforce

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Ethics Consult: Should Doctor Inform Patient's Family of Diagnosis? MD/JD Weighs In

You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion

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An Antidote for Holiday Season Stress

How to worry less and celebrate more

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But the Cancer Was 'Indolent'

Tread carefully when offering patients an optimistic outlook

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The U.S. Can Learn From the World's Salt Problem

Most countries struggle to reduce sodium intake, but interventions abroad have helped

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Nice to See You Back Again -- Or Is It?

What's the best interval between office visits, and how can we keep up good care in the meantime?

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A Medical Career Littered With Sexual Harassment

My experience is not unique. We must do better

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Reflections After the Last ER Shift

After spending decades in a career, calling it quits can be hard

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Tracing a Killer's Path to Mass Shooting

Mental health system reform is one tool in a broader playbook against gun violence

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Getting COVID Antiviral Pills Into Patients' Hands

Here's how to foster equal access to two treatments that may soon be authorized

Think TikTok Is Smarter Than Me? Then I'm Not the Right Doctor for You

Modern times have fundamentally altered the landscape of healthcare

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Conflicts of Interest: A Thorny Issue for Physicians and Health Leaders

Investigative report on Boston hospital CEOs puts the spotlight on this important issue

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Three Antidotes to Patient Depersonalization

Better patient-provider communication improves quality of care

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A Look at Pig Kidneys in the Broader Transplantation Puzzle

Advancements across the field are accelerating in real time

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Will Moderna Ever Learn to Share?

The company's dispute with NIH over who invented the COVID vaccine has huge implications

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What Is a Surgeon 'Supposed' to Look Like?

Gender bias makes an already challenging field that much tougher

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It's Not an Easy Thing to Unlearn How to Save a Life

When work hits home, it can provide a new perspective

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An Open Letter to Radiologists From a Jilted Orthopedic Surgeon

What happened to our relationship?

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Was This Really Our Best Attempt at Step 1 Exam Reform?

Shifting to a pass/fail system has unintended consequences

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What Does It Mean to Be a Great Mentor?

Here are a few qualities in effective and trustworthy teachers

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Help Me Knock Down Your Healthcare Barriers

Let's figure out how to get rid of the daily hurdles that make practicing medicine so difficult

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Letting Your Resident Break the Bad News

Practice is the only way to get better

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Ethics Consult: Tell Family About Corpse Mix-Up at the Morgue?

You make the call

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