Plastic Surgeon-Patient Sex

I recently received these questions about doctor-patient sex with a plastic surgeon: My married sister's plastic surgeon called to give...

Sex isn't the only lust that physicians succumb to

Money and power can also lead to ethical collapse. A sad story today's New York Times tells how Dr. Sidney Gilman, a respected teacher ...

Accountable Care Sprints Ahead

A recent report from the Oliver Wyman consulting firm - " The ACO Surprise " - argues that ACOs are on the verge of triggering a ...

Politics vs Rational Medicare Reform

I'm a staunch New England liberal/yellow dog Democrat. And I support Howard Dean's organization - Democracy for America . But I shud...

More about the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine and Doctor-Patient Sex

There were two letters to the editor in today's Boston Globe about the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine's decision to...

Foundation for Women's Wellness - Women's Health Fellowship Award

The Foundation for Women's Wellness (FWW) is currently seeking applications for medical students (MD and/or PhD, residents and fellows i...

Was the Massachusetts Board of Registration Too Harsh on this case of Doctor-Patient Sex?

The Boston Globe recently reported that the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine revoked the license of Dr. Gary Brockington, a ...

Everyone Loves Quitters

Most people I know tried smoking at least once. Some people got addicted right away and I know from experience it is not very easy to get ov...

Every Month Should Be Breast Health Month

As you may know, last month was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But unfortunately, breast cancer can appear any time of year. That's why ...

Implications of Health Care Reforms on U.S. Trauma System

Up close and personal with the U.S. Health Care Trauma System October 16, 5:17 P.M. I received the call, “Your son has been hit by a car. “...

Attitudes Toward ACA in the 2012 Exit Polls

The exit polling from last Tuesday's presidential election included an item assessing voters' attitudes toward the Affordable Care A...

Pay for Performance vs Intrinsic Motivation

Among the many stories about health care heroes during Hurricane Sandy, this was my favorite: Allison Chisholm, 46, who works for the Visit...

No Treatment as the Treatment of Choice

In the October 3 issue of JAMA, Allen Detsky and Amol Verma offered " A New Model for Medical Education: Celebrating Restraint ." ...

More about the Massachusetts "Death with Dignity" Act

Last week I wrote  about the Massachusetts "Death with Dignity" ballot initiative. For those who are interested in the initiative ...

Is it OK for GP's to have sex with their patients?

For anyone interested in the ethics of doctor-patient sex and the relationship between ethics and law, the recent 5-1 decision of the Supre...

Massachusetts Death with Dignity Ballot Initiative

My home state of Massachusetts has an initiative on the November ballot that would establish a "death with dignity" law closely m...

Presidential Debate Uno-What Did they really say about health care?

A few months ago I wrote an article entitled Why We Don’t Want to Get Rid of Medicare, Our Best Tool For Health Care Reform which alluded t...