Practice Beat
Good Samaritan Laws, Managed Care, Medical Practice
Investment Consult: 3 bargain stocks to grab and hold
Despite some tough challenges, the pharmaceutical industry still presents good investment opportunities.
Memo from the Editor: On trials
Clinical trials
Why I still cry
Share a young internist's reflections on the death of a patient at the end of a long day.
Online News Briefs
Malpractice Crisis, Investments, Autos
White coats, drowning horses
Does the uniform make the doctor? Perhaps more than you realize.
The year I chucked conventional medicine
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.
Financial Beat
Retirement, Internet, Paperwork, Bonds, Autos, Stocks, Fraud, Long-Distance Fees, Teens, Taxes
Memo From the Editor: Don't be the devil in the details
Don't be the devil in the details
The importance of being curious
The author had grown exasperated with her delightful but severely noncompliant patient. Then she discovered the key to motivating this charming challenge.
Coping with your own child's illness
A kid's health problem--temporary or chronic--puts incredible strain on physician-parents. Here's how a few have learned to cope.
Details, details: What your colleagues think of drug reps
Most physicians like working with detail people. Still, the relationship can get rocky at times. Here's why.
A $10 million allergy case: Could it happen to you?
Warning your patients about the dangers of food allergies may save their lives. Not warning them can cost you--big-time.
Why your patient won't let you touch her
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?
No expert, no lawsuit? No longer
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.
Load 'em up: PDA software worth looking at
Hundreds of programs for personal digital assistants can automate clinical and practice management tasks. Which do you really need?
How to talk an elderly patient off the road
Many seniors are reluctant to give up the wheel, despite deteriorating driving skills. Here's how to reach them.
ONLINE News Briefs
Taxes, TV, Consumers, Loans
DNR: Did Helen still want to die?
Did this doctor violate her patient's last stated wish, or had those wishes changed? This story carries a powerful message.
10 stocks that will lead the recovery
By virtue of their deep pockets and global reach, these blue chips should do very well as the economy rebounds.
Malpractice: Why I would have sided with the plaintiffs
Although the author risked a lawsuit, she decided to speak up about the communication failures that may have contributed to this baby's death.
To tell or not to tell?
The author took two very different approaches to two cases of genital herpes. What would you do?
Teens, Retirement
It's the patient, stupid!
Personal contact keeps medicine fresh, the author says. It's a lesson he learned the hard way and relates in this 2001 Doctors' Writing Contest prize winner.
Fraud and Abuse, Spending, Credit Cards, Real Estate, Privacy, Our Web Poll
The Way I See It: CMEzzzzzzzzzz
Here's what's wrong with most continuing medical education courses--and what can be done to spice them up.
Letters to the Editors
4-26 Letters
Are you sure the patient is sick?
False positives can have devastating results. How can you protect your patients, and yourself, from an erroneous diagnosis?