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Topping this week's list of must-see stories for physicians: A look at the real reason patients choose a doctor, plus what role should doctors play in curbing climate change and gun violence?

It's understood that the healthcare profession brings with it lots of stress, loads of pressure, and long work hours. So, one might think that the obligations of being a good physician might adversely impact the obligations of being a good spouse. It appears not, generally speaking.

A multimillion-dollar judgment against a Florida concierge practice is raising questions about liability and marketing in the growing industry of so-called "concierge medicine." Meanwhile, the Sunshine State finds itself with a dearth of specialists to treat its population. Those stories and more in this week's Critical List.

A new report from University of Michigan Health System researchers offers some perspective on doctor dress. Generally, the study found that patients "prefer their physicians dress on the formal side-and definitely not in casual wear."

This week's list of must-read stories includes a healthy of dose of technology, including articles on how Google and Instagram can help or hurt the physician-patient relationship.

"My siblings often tell me that I tend to over-glorify my physician-dad and his life," writes columnist Greg Kelly. "Perhaps … but I'm a storyteller and dad had a lot of good stories to tell."

This week's list of must-read news stories for physicians includes a tale from Rand Paul, MD's past, a look at the costly doctor shortage in the UK, and a call for doctors to learn meditation.

A generation ago, Greg Kelly's father faced a career choice and the realization that private practice paid significantly better than a job as a hospitalist. New data give a glimpse into the payment landscape today.

Some physicians are beginning to refuse to see patients who refuse to have their children vaccinated. That story leads this week's list of must-read stories, which also includes a look at physicians groups wading into 2 other controversial issues: marijuana decriminalization and the use of live pigs in medical school training.

The true cost of Obamacare was recently revealed in the pages of a new Congressional Budget Office report. The total bill for the president's program is estimated to reach $1.9 trillion over the next 10 years.

This week's list of must-read news stories for physicians includes a look at how so-called "concierge doctors" can earn a hefty paycheck, along with the story of a teenager who somehow convinced hospital staff that he was a doctor.

Dr. George A. Sheehan, Jr. was something of an enigma. But his taste for the peculiar would make him very famous. And today, America's doctors claim it's their favorite leisure activity-by far.

A new survey finds nearly two-thirds of final-year medical residents received 50 or more job offers, and nearly half received 100 or more offers. That story, plus a look at shortcomings at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the medical origins of the Mediterranean diet, are among this week's must-read news stories for physicians.

Physicians are the experts when it comes to physical health, but when it comes to financial health, surveys suggest many doctors have a lot to learn. Here are 4 tips to get started.

Will hospitals turn into "data surveillance centers"? That's one of the questions tackled in this week's list of must-read stories for physicians. Also on the list: A columnist's assertion that the public shouldn't feel sorry for doctors.

Cancer remains a major foe, but advances in research mean the disease is no longer the death sentence it was a few decades ago.

This week's list of must-read news stories for physicians include a look at some of the top issues facing physicians in the year that was and the year to come, as well as news of a doctor's strike in Europe, and a sitcom's use in a medical school curriculum.

Doctors perform inspiring work saving lives every day, and yet, according to one author, "disillusionment" is widespread in the profession. Columnist Greg Kelly looks at how physicians might reverse that trend.

In this week's list of must-read stories for physicians: Why patients shouldn't trust TV doctors; and why political discourse is depleting overall trust in physicians.

Dad practiced medicine in New Jersey for some 50 years. Born and educated in New York City, he came to the Jersey Shore in the early 1950s to join his brother-in-law in a 2-man physician partnership. They had to work very hard to succeed-overly hard, based on where they lived.

This week's list of must-read news stories includes a look at top concerns for doctors heading into the new year, a pair of stories about physicians fighting Ebola, and the true cost of all those missing waiting room magazines.

Dad was a big advocate of the "brief vacation." And he held that it's the wise doctor who has a ready escape. Perhaps 8 to 10 times a year, my father would leave behind his concerns (usually work and family) and take a timely trip to where he could loosen up.

This week's list of must-read news stories for physicians includes the retirement of a physician-senator, hot healthcare stock tips, and a hard look at how physicians may have impacted the behavior documented in the Senate's so-called "Torture Report."

This week's list of must-read stories looks at whether lefties earn less, whether New York physicians ought to earn less, and whether the GOP-controlled Congress will cancel a scheduled pay increase for doctors who see Medicaid patients.

With an estimated net worth of $67 billion, Buffett is the second richest person in America; Bill Gates is first at $81 billion. Here are 14 very thoughtful quotes from the Oracle of Omaha.

This week's list of must-read stories includes a novel way of measuring physician fatigue, a look at how high-deductible insurance plans squeeze doctors, and one doctor's take on the relative value (or lack thereof) of being on a "Best Doctors" list.

In more than 50 years of medical practice, I only have one memory of my physician-dad being involved in a medical malpractice case. Perhaps there were others, but nothing that I can recall. The one was bad enough.

This week's list of must-read stories includes a book excerpt on pinpointing the moment death occurs, a call for docs to join the Twittersphere, and a look at drug companies' new emphasis on digital marketing.

His name was Dr. Charles Augustus Leale. On the evening of April 14, 1865, he was a 23-year-old US Army surgeon and the first doctor to reach President Abraham Lincoln the night he was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC.

This week's list of must-read stories includes a look at the white lies physicians tell, the trouble with doctor/patient emails, and the ongoing Obamacare controversy.