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Good dictation habits improve patient care, lower malpractice risk, and boost income.

By giving a dying patient the gift of time, this doctor learned the value of compassion.

Taking control of your appointment schedule can result in better care and happier physicians.

Preventive Care, Teens, Airlines, Schools

Even if you're happy with your financial planner, a change of address is a good time to re-evaluate the relationship.

Insurance, Retirement

Nurses, Paperwork, Physician Profiles, Hospital Affiliations, Medicare, The Malpractice Crisis, HMOs, Our Web Poll

Once kids hit 11 or 12, prepare them to leave the nest by giving them more money management responsibility.

Once kids hit 11 or 12, prepare them to leave the nest by giving them more money management responsibility.

Savings, Taxes, Quality Care

Good Samaritan Laws, Managed Care, Medical Practice

Despite some tough challenges, the pharmaceutical industry still presents good investment opportunities.

Clinical trials

Share a young internist's reflections on the death of a patient at the end of a long day.

Malpractice Crisis, Investments, Autos

Does the uniform make the doctor? Perhaps more than you realize.

Looking for his personal Shangri-la, the author built himself a cabin in the woods and set up shop practicing energy medicine. Welcome to hell on earth.

Retirement, Internet, Paperwork, Bonds, Autos, Stocks, Fraud, Long-Distance Fees, Teens, Taxes

Don't be the devil in the details

The author had grown exasperated with her delightful but severely noncompliant patient. Then she discovered the key to motivating this charming challenge.

A kid's health problem--temporary or chronic--puts incredible strain on physician-parents. Here's how a few have learned to cope.

Most physicians like working with detail people. Still, the relationship can get rocky at times. Here's why.

Warning your patients about the dangers of food allergies may save their lives. Not warning them can cost you--big-time.

In this ethnically diverse country of ours, patients with health care customs and practices quite different from Western medicine's are looking for doctors who understand their needs. Will you be one of them?

Many states require an expert's "pre-certification" when plaintiffs file malpractice claims. But a high-profile court case in North Carolina could change that.

Hundreds of programs for personal digital assistants can automate clinical and practice management tasks. Which do you really need?

Many seniors are reluctant to give up the wheel, despite deteriorating driving skills. Here's how to reach them.

Taxes, TV, Consumers, Loans

Many states require an expert's "pre-certification" when plaintiffs file malpractice claims. But a high-profile court case in North Carolina could change that.

Did this doctor violate her patient's last stated wish, or had those wishes changed? This story carries a powerful message.