Everywhere you turn in the health care literature these days we are told how physicians need to do a better job getting patients engaged in their own health. But is lack of patient engagement really the problem? If Patients Are In Their Doctor's Office They Are...
My wife had just finished meeting with her medical oncologist for her bi-annual check-up at MD Anderson’s Thoracic Clinic. We were sitting in an area called “the Park” rehashing what her doctor had said when a mother and her daughter sat down at our table. There...
Many of my readers are curious about patient question asking behavior during a trip to the doctor. The fact that most of us ask few “important” questions during a routine (or not-so-routine) physician visit seems very counter intuitive. After all, conventional...
A neighbor of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer about the same time was wife was being treated for lung cancer. I saw my neighbor the other day for the first time in several years. I asked her how she was doing. She said great. In turn I asked her how her...