Hitting a Nerve
Hitting a Nerve
Looking back to reflect on how far we’ve come
Hitting a Nerve
Putting up with abusive patients? That’s not for me.
Hitting a Nerve
Patient treatment expectations can outweigh equivocal effectiveness data
Hitting a Nerve
The price we pay for trying to see more and more patients
Medicine continues to penalize those services that require thinking, even though this task is the center of being a good doctor and always has...
Hitting a Nerve
Keeping the sample closet out of medication decisions
Dr. Allan M. Block says he prescribes more generics now than when he first started practicing, now that experience has taught him insurance...
Hitting a Nerve
The patient who doesn’t like you
Hitting a Nerve
No-shows: Trying to predict and reduce the unpredictable
“All of us are affected by this problem,” says Dr. Allan M. Block.
Hitting a Nerve
Even a neurologist’s frontal lobes take a back seat sometimes
The effects of an emotional distraction, such as a family emergency, are a surprising reminder of how our brains operate, says Dr. Allan M. Block...
Hitting a Nerve
Keeping the doctor-patient relationship at the office
Hitting a Nerve
Too much to disagree on to let politics enter an office visit
Hitting a Nerve
The fragile gray mass between your ears