The Majority of Doctors in the Majority of Specialties – Are Experiencing Burnout
And the problem is getting worse with time!
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I recently gave a talk about shared decision making at the annual conference for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Here is a nice write-up of that talk. For those of you silly enough not to travel to Florida to hear me pontificate! After listening to the treatment alternatives—surveillance, or active treatment with surgery and radiation—a…
Good and Bad News about Physician Pay
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I’ve got some good news for all of you: there’s no racial disparity in pay among female physicians. African-American physicians in the United States make just as much money as Caucasian women. Unfortunately, this good news is largely a result of dismal news – neither group of women make as much as white male physicians….
Cancer: A Disease of the Young?!?
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If you only paid attention to popular media, you’d think cancers primarily strike young people. Here’s a picture from a medical journal contrasting media coverage of cancer to actual occurrence of cancer in younger and older people:
A Drug to Treat Cancer and Heart Disease (Miracle Cure or Media Hype?)
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A Two Picture History Of The Randomized Control Trial
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The History of Tobacco Control — In One Picture
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Came across this cool graphic, showing the rise and fall of U.S. cigarette consumption. The picture also shows when various policy levers were pulled, and how those levers track to consumption. WARNING: No proof of cause and effect. But still quite interesting.