"I&m not a doctor. I&m an ophthalmologist"
Forced to respond to an in-flight emergency, the author rediscovers his true medical identity.
Computer Consult: More "dumb" questions smart doctors ask
Stop feeling like a computer illiterate: Plug these gaps in your cyberknowledge.
Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: Fighting hunger and death half a world away
Mark Manary, MD
ONLINE News Briefs
Kickbacks, Regulatory Reform, Autos, Mortgages
Malpractice Consult: Liability risks in clinical research
Liability risks in clinical research
My nonvacation with the Boy Scouts
Serving as camp doctor to 50 kids didn't quite get this FP the relaxing week he'd hoped for. But he came home with a new appreciation for his line of work.
In my practice, computers replace brown paper bags
Concerned about drug interactions in older patients? Here's a convenient way to head off potential problems.
AFib? But I'm only 38!
An episode of prolonged atrial fibrillation, makes a young cardiologist take stock and make changes.
So much for snap judgments about patients
This doctor's mistaken assumptions taught him the danger of stereotyping.
Road Safety, Charities, Medicare M+C Plans, Euthanasia
Letters to the Editors
letters
Bonds, Credit Insurance
Mercy--or murder?
A troubled physician faces criminal charges in the deaths of five patients. The state says it was homicide; the doctor says it was compassionate care.
Malpractice Consult
Your responsibility for ED calls, The patient who can't consent to treatment
Investment Insider: John McCamant on the future of biotech
There's still big money to be made in this sector, which is growing rapidly, this expert says.
Credit Cards, Government Programs, Medical Education
Labs online: Everybody wins
As more and more laboratories put test results online, your patients' reports could be as close as your Web browser.
E-Frontier News
Real-time claims processing is no pipe dream -- Pharmacies throw their hats in the e-prescribing ring -- Big vendors seek to connect providers, Blues in Montana -- Satellite high-speed Internet access is latest trick in Axolotl's bag
E-Medicine, Treatment Denials, Autos
Dispense the drugs you prescribe?
Computerized systems are making it increasingly profitable to do this in your office. Here's what you need to be successful at it.
Donations, Medicare+Choice, Access to Care
Treating pain: Damned if you don't?
That's what a California jury said, in a controversial verdict that could change the way physicians respond to patients& pain.
Malpractice Consult: A department head's liability for a colleague's mishap
A department head's liability for a colleague's mishap
Memo from the Editor: Who's prescribing the Cipro?
Who's prescribing the Cipro?
A celebration that couldn&t wait
Invited to attend his dying patient&s Christmas celebration, the author knew December was too far away.
How humiliating simply to fall apart!
Hobbled by a mysterious injury, this doctor confronts her physical destructibility.
Mutual Funds, Autos, Financial Data, Prescription Drugs, Our Web Poll