Doctor Wisdom

Sometimes we best physicians are so preoccupied in our professional lives, we neglect to say important things to important people. Do we want words like these to be our legacy?

Here is one crucial, but simple thing, we physicians often may fail to do.

Our patients don’t always come to us for a cure. Sometimes they need something even more important.

What attending our patient’s funerals can teach us physicians.

How being caught in a traffic jam can reveal the secret of happiness.

What a nursing home aide can teach physicians about the tools of healing.

As chiefs and leaders in our medical organization, we give important feedback to our doctors. Here is the most meaningful feedback a Chief can give.

Can happiness come from a bottle of Coca Cola? A doctor from Africa answers this crucial question.

Sometimes, no matter how much information we give our patients, they still don’t get it. Here is a surefire strategy to get our doctor message across.

Physician burnout is real. Here is one reason why. And here is an important strategy on how to prevent it.

When does our responsibility to care for our patients really end?

How a 29 year old woman with tension headaches rekindled the joy of my work in medicine.

Why are we doctors so reluctant to sing our own praises? Why are we so blind to the magic we perform?

Our long hours, busy schedules, and demanding patients can sometimes make us feel not like medical doctors but like health care butlers. In a moment of clarity, here’s how one doctor was reminded to refocus on his mission of healing.

We all have difficult patients who push our hot buttons. But when we cool down those hot buttons, therein may lie a secret to building patient connection and trust.

As secular scientists, we physicians often ignore this crucial factor in our patients’ healing.

We physicians can learn a lot from our patients. Sometimes they can uplift and inspire us. Here is how one patient’s response to a simple medical question, gave his doctor such inspiration.

Ever wonder why certain doctors are known as “tops in their field”? Here’s a simple tip on how to make that happen for you.

We build trust with our patients, perhaps not so much by touting our technical skills, but by speaking in a language that can communicate so much more.

Sometimes we feel helpless as our patients suffer with devastating and hopeless disease. Here is how one such patient rekindled her doctor’s faith in his own healing power.

Ever wonder why our patients don’t follow our advice? Consider the “X factor” of doctor– patient communication.

In our hectic, multitasking lives, we physicians strive for “work life balance.” That battle can take its toll, not just on us, but on those who watch movies with us.

Our patients may not be impressed by our academic credentials or the diplomas on the wall. Try this amazingly simple technique to convince your patients you are brilliant.

Why is it so hard to find the words to say to the bereaved? Why do we sometimes feel uncomfortable having those conversations? A mother, whose son was tragically killed, offers some poignant wisdom about words of consolation.