3 Tips to Get to Know Your Doctor

Byadmin October 17, 2012

Here is a USA Weekend piece on the type of advice I give in Critical Decisions – how to make stronger connections with your doctor.

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How to Tell Grandpa He Is Too Old for Another Colonoscopy
Byadmin January 16, 2018

Shutterstock Cancer screening can save lives: Mammographies reduce the chance women will die of breast cancer; and colonoscopies reduce the chance people will die of colon cancer. But should my 93-year-old father receive a screening colonoscopy? The test is uncomfortable, carries risks, and costs money. Even more importantly, my dad probably won’t live long enough…

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My Kidney Cancer Taught Me That Patients Aren’t Consumers
Byadmin2 June 27, 2025June 27, 2025

My cancer journey began when I went to the bathroom and noticed bright red urine. I remember feeling simultaneously shocked because my urine was full of blood and disappointed that I hadn’t felt pain that would signal a benign problem like kidney stones. “Shit,” I thought to myself, “could I have cancer?” Read more here.

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How To Tell Someone That She Is Dying
Byadmin July 11, 2014

Elizabeth’s breast cancer had already spread to her bones and was now invading lymph nodes in her right armpit, causing painful swelling that kept her up at night. Today, however, as she walked into her oncologist’s office, Elizabeth felt like things were under control. “All right, so how is your arm?” the oncologist asked. “Actually,…

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Does Larry Summers Have the Social Intelligence to Be Federal Reserve Chair?
Byadmin September 3, 2013

I know, I know: I usually write about health and healthcare; why should anyone care about my opinion on whether Larry Summers should be Federal Reserve Chair? As it turns out, my work on doctor/patient communication has given me insight into the danger of judging job candidates—be they physicians or Federal Reserve chairs—based purely on…

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Deciding About Breast Cancer Chemotherapy
Byadmin January 23, 2013

As if being diagnosed with breast cancer wasn’t bad enough, many women with this diagnosis face complicated decisions about what kind of medicine or chemotherapy to take, if any, to reduce their chance of cancer recurrence. As I discussed in a recent post, the mathematics of such decisions can be hard to comprehend for many patients. …

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Another Review of Critical Decisions
Byadmin May 6, 2013

Here’s a link to a review of Critical Decisions published in a journal called Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. The reviewer had some nice things to say, but felt it wasn’t theoretical enough for his liking. Not surprising given that I wrote the book for a general audience, and not for an academic one. But this…

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3 Tips to Get to Know Your Doctor

How to Tell Grandpa He Is Too Old for Another Colonoscopy

My Kidney Cancer Taught Me That Patients Aren’t Consumers

How To Tell Someone That She Is Dying

Does Larry Summers Have the Social Intelligence to Be Federal Reserve Chair?

Deciding About Breast Cancer Chemotherapy

Another Review of Critical Decisions

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