Critical Decisions

Video Introduction to Critical Decisions

Byadmin November 20, 2012

Here is my latest Critical Decisions video. This one gives a broad introduction to the reasons I wrote the book.

Health Care Cost

Do We Have a Drug Problem in the US?
Byadmin February 15, 2013

Since the recession hit hard a few years ago, health care expenditures have slowed dramatically. It now looks like, at least for medications, cost increases are making a comeback. For instance: Nexium, a heartburn drug, had a 7.8% price hike to a $262 average prescription in the first nine months of 2012. Enough to make…

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Beware Overreaching Government Efforts to Detect Breast Cancer
Byadmin September 11, 2012

JoAnn Pushkin’s breast cancer was diagnosed at an advanced stage because the density of her breasts obscured the tumor on her mammograms. That was shocking news to Pushkin, who only learned that her breasts were radiologically dense at the time of her diagnosis. Activated by this revelation, she has become a leading advocate of legislation,…

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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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Early Morning Radio Interview in Australia
Byadmin October 3, 2012

Listen to this interview I conducted with a radio station in Australia. Good Q&A about Critical Decisions. Toughest part of the interview was remembering that although it was 4:30 in the afternoon my time, it was 6:30 the next morning for the Aussies!

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Are Numbers a Barrier to Good Doctor-Patient Communication?
Byadmin October 8, 2012

Helping patients understand their treatment choices is often no simple matter. In order for good communication to take place, doctors and patients must talk with each other in a language both parties can understand. Here is a piece in which I discuss an earnestly communicative hematologist describing the risks and benefits of treating leukemia to his patient.

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The Limits of Patient Empowerment
Byadmin June 24, 2013

The video below is not super high quality, but it captures a talk I gave in Lima Peru recently, a very personal talk that also reveals some of the dangers of assuming that medical decision making will go swimmingly well as long as patients are informed and empowered. Check it out. (Click here to view…

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Video Introduction to Critical Decisions

Do We Have a Drug Problem in the US?

Beware Overreaching Government Efforts to Detect Breast Cancer

My Kidney Cancer Taught Me That Patients Aren’t Consumers

Early Morning Radio Interview in Australia

Are Numbers a Barrier to Good Doctor-Patient Communication?

The Limits of Patient Empowerment

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