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.

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Helping Your Doctor Help You: An Interview with Project Millennial (Part 2)
Byadmin March 7, 2013

KARAN: You referred to patient education earlier, not just in terms of treatment information but also the types of questions to be asking. But what about the former? Our generation is definitely comfortable using technology to look up health information, and we get a ton of information through news, magazines, and the general media. But…

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Do Oncologists Lie to Their Patients About Their Prognoses?
Byadmin February 7, 2013

Andrews was easily the most anxious patient I took care of that month, a gray Michigan February (is there any other kind?) which I spent in the hospital caring for patients admitted to the general medical ward at the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center. (Andrews is a pseudonym, as are all the patients I blog about, unless…

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Why Discussing the Cost of an MRI to Evaluate Knee Pain Can Be a Total Pain
Byadmin November 15, 2013

I want to share a wonderful blog post with you, written by one of “my” students, Laura Mortimer – a student in the Masters in Public Policy program at the Sanford School at Duke, who also happens to be a talented writer. In linking to her post, and then calling her my student, I of course…

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Try To Guess Which Chemotherapy Saves The Most Lives
Byadmin2 December 19, 2025December 19, 2025

You have metastatic cancer and must decide upon a chemotherapy. Here are your options, drawn from real clinical trial data. Chemo 1: Will increase your life expectancy from 12 to 15 months. Chemo 2: Increases your chance of being alive at one year by 12%. In other words, one out of every eight patients receiving…

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The Critical Side Effect Doctors Aren't Discussing: Out-of-Pocket Costs
Byadmin September 16, 2013

In this video, I talk about why doctors should talk to patients about out-of-pocket costs when evaluating treatment options.

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More Coverage of Our Out-Of-Pocket Expenses Research
Byadmin April 22, 2016

My colleagues and I have been doing lots of research lately on how physicians and patients discuss out-of-pocket expenses during clinic encounters. One of our recent publications has been getting lots of attention, with this being the latest example. I thought I would share it with you: Recent qualitative findings published in Health Affairs showed that physicians…

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Video Introduction to Critical Decisions

Helping Your Doctor Help You: An Interview with Project Millennial (Part 2)

Do Oncologists Lie to Their Patients About Their Prognoses?

Why Discussing the Cost of an MRI to Evaluate Knee Pain Can Be a Total Pain

Try To Guess Which Chemotherapy Saves The Most Lives

The Critical Side Effect Doctors Aren't Discussing: Out-of-Pocket Costs

More Coverage of Our Out-Of-Pocket Expenses Research

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