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Helping patients face death, she fought to live A palliative care doctor, faced with extensive metastatic cancer, grappled with what she recommended for patients and what she wanted for herself - which was treatment and cure, at all cost.

Topics: Death&Dying / Guilt & Shame / Perspective / Provider-Patient RelationshipKeywords: cancer / cure / death / dying / pain-management

Letting go What should medicine do when it can't save you? Dr. Atul Gawande examines the way doctors try to approach death and dying - sometimes well, often inadequately.

Topics: Compassion Fatigue / Death&Dying / Empathy&Sympathy / PerspectiveKeywords: death / dying / grief / perspective

How long have I got left? A young neurosurgeon describes his struggle with living and dying, in the framework of incurable cancer.

Topics: Death&Dying / Empathy&Sympathy / Personal Context / PerspectiveKeywords: death / dying / living / personal context / perspective

A Gene for Alcohol Dependence? (2 min) Scientists may have narrowed down on a gene that seems to allow some people to metabolize alcohol more quickly, which may lead to a higher likelihood of dependence. What does this mean for how we manage this condition going forward?

Topics: Addiction / Burnout / PerspectiveKeywords: addiction / alcohol / bias / genetic

The murderer in the mirror (2 min read) A surgeon's reflection on the death of his patient.

Topics: Death&Dying / Mistakes / Perspective / Provider-Patient Relationship / ReactionKeywords: death / mistake / reaction / resilience / suffering

Clinical care for Obesity and Diet Related illnesses needs more attention to Societal Determinants of Health Article from NEJM website about how despite rates of obesity starting to level off overall, the lowest income and minority populations continue to show a sharp increase. A focus on those factors as contributory needs to be a part of the discussion.

Topics: Obesity/Weight / Provider-Patient RelationshipKeywords: minority / obesity / poverty / race

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Doctor Priorities vs. Patient Priorities by Danielle Ofri Doctors and patients can have contrasting agendas, viewed through different lenses. The key is not trying to change someone else’s lens, but rather, appreciating the value of their perspective.

Contributor: AdminJanuary 19, 2015Topics: Communication / PerspectiveKeywords: agenda / chronic illness / compromise / denial / lens / patient / perspective / relationship

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