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Health Care Reform — a l’Americaine March 11th, 2009 As I begin my first blog, it seems appropriate to talk about one of the most pressing issues in American society — health care reform and how it’s being defined in our society and by the new Administration.  Don’t get me wrong.  I’m all for letting the new president go at ...

An EMT instructed to transport a woman to an abortion clinic declines, citing personal beliefs. A nurse ordered to administer a large dose of morphine to a terminal cancer patient in pain refuses, saying the medication could hasten death. A physician turns away a gay patient, apparently on the basis of his sexual orientation. Are these scenarios examples of healthcare workers ...

Regrettably, whistleblowing is still necessary in today's health care environment — one that is weighed down with fraud, incompetent practitioners, and patient safety issues.

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Strategy #1Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble. Kenneth A. Wells once said, “A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.” If I had to reduce this list down ...

h4. Introduction Patients are at the center of the health care process. Physicians use their knowledge, skills, and defined processes to provide or coordinate health care for patients. It is the extent to which this relationship is valued, developed, nurtured, and maintained that determines the success of the patient-physician relationship. This important position at the center of the health care process ...

h4. Introduction Physicians are at the center of the health care process. In this central role, they use their knowledge, skills, and defined processes to provide or coordinate health care for patients. The success of the patient-physician relationship is determined by the way this relationship is valued, developed, nurtured, and maintained. Changes in the health care process bring changes in stakeholders, ...