If you worry about becoming the victim of violence as a doctor, you’re not alone — according to a recent Medscape report, 43% of doctors surveyed felt not at all or only slightly protected from ...

The chart note was brief: "Difficult patient. Frequent visits. Demands unnecessary tests." Before I met the patient, I already knew how the story was supposed to go. Every physician has encountered ...

-- Jessica Winter, Slate. I use this all the time in the ED, but not quite for conflict resolution/de-escalation. I use it when I am trying to change a patient's mind, turning an adversarial moment ...

Nearly one-fifth of adult patient encounters in non-psychiatric settings were considered difficult by physicians, a meta-analysis found. The prevalence of difficult encounters was 17% across 10 ...

Forty years ago, I had my most angry professional moment. It happened at a weekly meeting that included all our faculty, staff, and trainees—about 200 people. A young and arrogant, not very bright, ...

Last week, I visited the American Museum of Natural History in New York with my kids. As I stared at one particular giant dinosaur, I thought to myself, "Hey, that's me!" Indeed, the magnificent ...