The Fine Line Between Shared and Manipulated Medical Decisions

Physician burnout in the U.S. is reaching epidemic levels, affecting the majority of physicians in some specialties. Practicing medicine is, of course, a stressful job. Make a mistake and you might end someone’s life. But physicians are not usually burned out by such life and death matters. Instead, it’s the most mundane part of their jobs that’s…

A recent New York Times headline proclaimed that: “In Pain and Joy Of Envy, the Brain May Play a Role.” May play a role?! Where else does The New York Times think envy resides? In our hateful hearts? Our covetous colons? Our jealous jejunums? That The New York Times could doubt the centrality of the…

 My Center at CBDSM regularly posts what we call the “Decision of the Month.” Our most recent DoM highlights some research I conducted with Sarah Gollust, a UM graduate student now working at Penn.   Click on this link, http://www.cbdsm.org/doms/diabetes-lobby, to find out what happens when people learn about how neighborhoods influence people’s health.  …