Diffusing Difficult Patients

Despite what his kids say, Dr. Gary Kinney has no concerns whatsoever about his eating habits.

'You better learn jiu jitsu and hand-to-hand combat if you ever take my opioids away,' Dr. David Bittleman's patient wrote him. 'You better learn how to defend yourself!'

Survey shows consumers less trusting now than before the pandemic.

I begin the clinical encounter with an open-ended question to initiate the discussion, like, “What brings you in today?” Then give the patient a full 90 seconds to respond. 

The guidance notes docs may choose to keep professional and personal accounts on social media but that the professional and personal are not always easily separated.

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After a particularly tough visit with an angry patient suffering from depression, Dr. Jabir Jassam decides to bring the visit up after the patient had been treated with antidepressants.

We asked and you answered. Four docs on how they handle this complicated problem.