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After major surgery, the author discovered firsthand why some of his inpatients go downhill.

You're probably making careful plans for financial security in retirement. But what about the rest of your life?

A consultant asked the author and her colleagues that question--and took their responses seriously. This article shows how well a practice makeover can work when physicians are given their say.

This doctor believes in the saying, "Admitting error clears the score, and proves you wiser than before."

While specialists are in high demand, primary care doctors can still find work?especially those willing to practice in Small Town, USA.

Doctors are finding nontraditional ways to supplement stagnant practice earnings--selling everything from pregnancy calendars to advice on aging. Here&s what works.

Your best resource when looking for employment in this high-tech age? It's that old standby--other people.

When her suicidal patient balked at going straight to the psychiatric hospital, the author put her foot down and was rewarded in more ways than one.

When her suicidal patient balked at going straight to the psychiatric hospital, the author put her foot down and was rewarded in more ways than one.

An intranet at the University of Michigan Health System is pulling patient information together into a useful electronic medical record.

Intimate partner abuse is as common--and as much of a medical problem--as smoking, hypertension, and other ills that you routinely ask patients about.

Whether it's cereal or health insurance, you're right to wonder whether there's truth in the hype--and to be concerned about what the "improvements" might cost you.

A lifelong ally for cystic fibrosis patients

This ancient healing system continues to make inroads in modern health care. Are your patients among the 1 million Americans who have signed on?

Should you use some of your own funds to compensate a disgruntled patient? Sometimes that makes sense, this lawyer argues.

Hindsight tells the author he should have prodded colleagues into doing more for a very sick relative.

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There's a science to selecting the right site for your office. Here's how the experts do it.

Ever care for a patient who looks just like you? It does wonders for your ability to empathize.

Doctors have long been criticized for turning a blind eye to patients' psychological disorders. Now some groups are forcing the issue.

Rogue Viagra peddlers aside, Internet drugstores will have a place in your medical practice, and not just as amazon.coms for pills. They're one more sign that everything in health care is converging electronically

Defying conventional wisdom, this doctor reluctantly acceded to his family's wishes.

Successful treatment of an unsuspected illness eased the author's grief over her grandmother's death.

For primary care physicians, being at the mercy of a pager is not only annoying, but accomplishes little, the author asserts.

Skeptical of a professor's hypothesis, the author tested his own by experimenting on himself.

He "may have been the greatest clinical teacher of any day, and any country," says the author, in this review of a new biography.

Taking these simple steps can save you plenty of money. Time to get cracking!

Grateful patients made up for the incredibly crude conditions this ophthalmologist experienced as a volunteer in rural India, where millions are blind for lack of treatment.