In the wake of the “obesity epidemic,” more and more nutritional policies have been proposed and pushed through. Most of these policies are based on a set of guidelines called the National Dietary Guidelines for Americans. I thought it would be interesting to look a little bit more into the history of the National Dietary […]
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Stress + Physician = Bad
Research has shown that a physician’s experience of stress in a clinical setting has wide spread effects on the patient, hospital, and themselves. Physicians undergoing high levels of stress are more likely to change jobs, place less emphasis on teamwork, have higher burnout rates, and report less practice autonomy. Even more significantly, physicians who work […]
Barriers to Patient Understanding
The most important job of a doctor is to provide information to their patients. It is part of the job description to make complex medical topics simple and easy to digest. It also means that doctors have to be aware of their patient’s education level, language barriers, societal barriers, socioeconomic status, etc. All these factors […]
