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Uncertainty is common in medicine, and AI isn’t very good at navigating it.
Seeking a second opinion is a patient’s right. Knowing how empowering another perspective can be may make it less awkward to ask for one.
Feeling heard and understood by a medical provider is a crucial part of healthcare for patients.
Evidence suggests the widespread adoption of trauma-informed care practices can potentially improve access to care as well as quality of care for all patients.
A new study from a Pittsburgh hospital finds that trauma patients recover faster when emergency medical teams have shared experience working together.
Nurses are leaving the profession faster than they’re being replaced – in part due to the emotional and physical toll they endure from disrespectful patients or their loved ones.
Detroiters are hospitalized for asthma four times more often than Michigan residents overall. A proactive approach to care can improve symptom management.
Health Minister Simeon Brown claimed striking doctors are ‘crossing an ethical line’. But disruption can be ethical when public welfare is at stake.
Guidelines say consultations must thoroughly assess whether a patient is suitable for a treatment. But someone under 18 can still get Botox without parental consent.
Too often, patients with chronic kidney disease get diagnosed too late – if at all. Addressing risk factors early can stave off the disease’s worst effects.
Reading a pamphlet in the doctor’s office about which vaccines to get may help nudge older adults to get vaccinated.
Some IV fluids are in short supply due to higher-than-expected demand and manufacturing issues. But why do IV fluids contain different chemicals? And why can’t they be interchanged when one runs low?
Older adults in poorer areas would benefit more from seeing the same GP, but often find continuous primary care harder to access.
Just over a third of NHS patients are satisfied with their care. This can easily be improved.
The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on how fragmented medical care can be. Relational, or person-centered, medicine is attempting to provide solutions.
Today’s reports of crumbling, dilapidated and dangerous hospital buildings are a far cry from the design ambitions extolled by early NHS architects and planners.
Though some LGBTQ+ health care providers may try to separate their personal and professional identities, the prejudice they experience highlights their queerness in the clinic.
Ambulance response times have not always met targets, but the alarming new pinch point in our health-care system is that there are no ambulances at all available to respond to calls.
Palliative care, often misunderstood, is not synonymous with hospice care.
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Associate professor, University of the Western Cape
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Calgary
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Dean of the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University
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Senior Lecturer in Healthcare, Sheffield Hallam University
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Clinical Professor of Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Health Policy, University at Buffalo
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Part-Time Instructor of Religious Studies, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Marketing; Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Texas A&M University
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Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University
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Professor of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Memphis
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Associate Professor in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Innovation, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Lecturer and Registered Pharmacist, University of Sydney
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Professor and Director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare, University of Leicester