Musings of a Distractible Mind
Thoughts of an odd, but not harmful primary care physician.
Welcome to the incredibly confusing Grand-Rounds fiasco. If you have not seen parts 1-5, then you are really missing something! If you are here first, then shame on you. You must be one of those people who read the last chapter of the book before you finish. Shame… Go to Grunt Doc if you want [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Those who read me much know I have a very large geek streak, especially related to Electronic Medical Records. We have recently taken a big step toward communication with our patients via e-mail, and it is really a huge success. So now we have to advertise our patients. Here is a handout being posted in [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Calling all dermatologists! What’s the deal with tanning? Should I put SPF 2000 on my kids whenever they go out, or should I let them look like George Hamilton? He does look marvelous, doesn’t he? Seriously, I am very much caught between the hype of the sun-screen addicts and the known risks of Melanoma. Is [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.We have a cat. It took a while for us to get one. We really have been dog people (remember our dog Holly who can sense baloney from drug companies?), but we finally gave into the begging of our youngest daughter. Kittens are cute, but they turn into cats. We actually got two but one [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.I was never too good at opening lines. “Hey baby, you come here often?” “What’s your sign, beautiful?” No, that’s not me. Perhaps that is why I didn’t date much. Now, however, I must be good at opening lines. My job depends on my ability to talk to my patients and get them to talk [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Graham Grand Rounds is up at Monash Medical Student. I am very grateful for Jeffery highlighting my post The Edge. He has done a great job. If you want to get to know medical blogs, go check it out.
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Much is being said of the healthcare system during this election year. Solutions to its ills are plentiful – ranging from socializing medicine to allowing “the market to take care of things.” Yet with all of the pundits’ self-confident analysis as to the real problem with our healthcare system, one fact is almost never mentioned: [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.After a long break, I am rejoining the tour of the human body as examined by a physician. To view the previous posts on physical exam, please follow this link. We now move down the body to the neck. The neck seems to simply be a connection of the head to the torso. It seems [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit."The one thing I never want is to be a burden on my family." If I polled my elderly population and asked them to choose between being dead or being dependent on their family, they would overwhelmingly chose death. There is a sense of shame and helplessness to ask those we love to give us [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.This handout was posted in our exam rooms. We want you to get the best care possible in this office and hope to care for you for many years to come. If there is anything we can do to give you better care, please let us know. Yet there are some expectations we have for [...]
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