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Poll of the Week – Is It Ever Appropriate to Lie to Patients?
A new survey published in Health Affairs asked thousands of physicians how they felt about telling lies and stretching the truth when treating patients.
A new survey conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital asked nearly 2,000 physicians how they felt about telling lies when treating patients. Eleven percent said they had told patients something untrue in the previous year.
Though the survey did not ask the physicians why they lied, Practice Notes blogger Aubrey Westgate wrote that she suspects many of them did so because they felt the lie would improve the patient’s health.
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Cognitive Biases in Healthcare
September 27th 2021Physicians Practice® spoke with Dr. Nada Elbuluk, practicing dermatologist and director of clinical impact at VisualDx, about how cognitive biases present themselves in care strategies and how the industry can begin to work to overcome these biases.
Addressing patient suicide risks in your practice
March 1st 2021Physicians Practice® spoke with Dr. Anisha Abraham, author of the book "Raising Global Teens: A Practical Handbook for Parenting in the 21st Century", about signs that a patient may be at risk of suicide and self-harm as well as interventions and communication methods physicians can employ in the clinical setting.
