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There aren't any guidelines about how to behave when I run into a patient while I'm walking the dog in a ratty T-shirt or standing in line at the grocery store

Every patient presents a wide chasm of possibilities that could be nothing, something, or something horrible

What if a patient dies and nobody is there to mourn? Is it like a tree falling soundlessly in the forest?

Retail health clinics have exploded over the last 10 years, and now it seems like every other big box store, supermarket and shopping mall has its own clinic

Nearly all of us will experience at least one diagnostic error in our lifetimes, a new report says

Up until now, the focus of the patient safety movement has been on errors of medical treatment -- incorrect medications or dosages, postoperative complications, hospital-acquired infections. Refreshingly, the report did not simply point the finger at the incompetence of individual physicians, as both lawsuits and popular news media tend to do

When my patient refused the flu vaccine, I decided to try to understand his reasons, writes Dr. Danielle Ofri

The term itself had a queasy, corporate-speak veneer that felt entirely out of place in our world where most things possessed organic, no-nonsense titles, like admitting office, operating room, medical records, hematology lab, and coffee shop. Not a word that offered much comfort. [...]we are reviewing the chart with all personnel involved in the case