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The limits of treating loved ones

Physicians who provide medical care for themselves or family risk losing objectivity and letting their personal feelings interfere with what is best for the patient.
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Hospital employment pits work rules against physician rights

Medical staff membership and employment are separate roles. But the worlds can collide in ways that impinge on physicians' rights and privileges if caught unaware.
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Disaster medicine dilemmas examined

Mass disasters require quick decisions about treatment that can lead doctors to question whether they made the best medical and ethical choices.
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Med schools promote training that lets students follow individual patients

Longitudinal integrated clerkships have been around for decades. A small but growing number of medical schools are turning to them to promote patient-centered care.
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How states are keeping doctors from moving out

In the face of physician shortages, they are focusing efforts on keeping medical students and residents within state boundaries.
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When do gifts from patients spell trouble?

Physicians need to be prepared to respond when grateful patients offer presents. They should weigh ethical concerns against preserving the doctor-patient relationship.

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The limits of treating loved ones
Physicians who provide medical care for themselves or family risk losing objectivity and letting their personal feelings interfere with what is best for the patient.

Outcry over disabled girl's transplant care renews eligibility debate
Physicians struggle to make the most of scarce organ resources. "You have to take a larger view of it," a transplant surgeon says.

Arkansas court rejects expert witness provision in medical liability cases
The 2003 rule required experts to practice in the same specialty as defendant physicians.

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