Dr James Van Arsdall shares his experience of sitting for a portrait after his treatment for oral cancer, and Dr Mark Gilbert describes how he came to do portraiture in clinical settings.
Brooklyn Larimore, Mark Gilbert, PhD, and William M. Lydiatt, MD, MBA
Portraits of clinicians quickly became emblematic of what the COVID-19 pandemic has demanded of all of us, especially caregivers who witnessed deaths likely unprecedented in number during their careers.
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10.1001/amajethics.2022.667.
Dr Patricia Luck joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Arman M. Niknafs: “Reasons Not to Turf a Patient Whose ‘Belonging’ in a Hospital Is Unclear.”
It is the clerkship director's role to advise students labeled gunners when their behavior becomes a problem, but changes in the larger system might help to prevent this behavior from occurring in the first place.
A retired surgeon explains how keeping a journal helped him deal with difficult professional situations and led him to stronger relationships with his patients.