When Love Gives Way to Lies

May 17, 2018June 21, 2018 Janie Cao 1 Comment Betrayal, Humanity, Neighbor, Relationships, Trust

When Love Gives Way to Lies By Janie Cao Edited by Shaun Webb One evening on my way back from

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Notes from a waiting room: What are doctors doing while I’m waiting?

May 11, 2018May 11, 2018 Yi-Lin Cheng 1 Comment healthcare management, Quality Improvement, Wait times

Hello Clinical Laboratory, my old friend, I’ve come to take my blood test with you again. Because my specialist wants

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Smiling Rust

May 3, 2018May 14, 2018 Janie Cao 0 Comment Death, Mortality, Poetry, Spirituality/Religion

Smiling Rust By Janie Cao Edited by Mary Abramczuk My grandpa used to be a particular quirky smile. He was

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Excellent, good, or fair? How accurately can patient satisfaction surveys measure quality of care?

April 26, 2018May 14, 2018 Yi-Lin Cheng 0 Comment Data, Patient Satisfaction, Patient-centered care, Quality Improvement

Last week I had my semiannual dentist appointment. Right after I stepped out the door, I received an email: Dental

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The Dying Man

April 12, 2018May 15, 2018 Janie Cao 1 Comment Death, Dying, humanism, Meaning of Life, Mortality, Palliative Care, Spirituality/Religion, Values

The Dying Man Written by Janie Cao Edited by Mary Abramczuk A few years ago, I spent half my day with

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Book Review: Loose Girl by Kerry Cohen

April 5, 2018April 3, 2018 Janie Cao 0 Comment addiction psychology, adolescent sexual health, memoir, Public Health, sexuality

Hi MSPress Blog Readers! …… We didn’t have a blog post scheduled for this week, so here’s a book review

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Well, Well, Well: Products and services compete for shelf space in trendy wellness market, but are they worth your money?

March 29, 2018March 29, 2018 Jordan Metsky 0 Comment experience, feeling, Gratitude, Healthcare, Mindfulness, Psychiatry, wellness

When a friend recently asked me to join them for a class at Inscape, a New York-based meditation studio that

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Discontinuity in Care

March 22, 2018March 21, 2018 Janie Cao 2 Comments Community, Continuity of Care, doctor, experience, Health, Healthcare, medical school, medicine, patient, primary care

My resident tries fairly hard to take care of his patients. When he is with them, I catch him paying

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Not Science Fiction: American immigration politics threaten scientific advances

February 15, 2018February 2, 2018 Jordan Metsky 0 Comment Attitude, Community, Science, society

The year 2017 was an anti-science roller-coaster ride. From the plentiful deniers of climate change to the seven words rumored

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“Listen to understand” not “listen to reply”

February 8, 2018January 28, 2018 Ian Wee 0 Comment Attitude, Community, doctor, experience, feeling, listening, medical student, patient

A two-month stint at the oncology department in a Singapore government hospital has provided me with vivid examples of the

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