How large is the pie?

He blogs about urban planning and the economy.  I highly recommend this thought-provoking piece he wrote this week – Where is the pie?

On blogging

He asks interesting and important questions.  I would love to see a large number of comments to this post.

Public service announcement – beware of C diff

This NY Times article is worthwhile – for physicians and non-physicians alike – Stomach Bug Crystallizes an Antibiotic Threat

The dark side of Sermo and Medscape physician connect

The author is a former student (one month on the internal medicine wards.)  He writes an important piece that we should all read.

On difficult patients

We must all make mistakes as we mature as physicians.  We should improve our interactive skills and our tolerance with experience and practice.

The expense of end of life care

I object to doing things that have virtually no chance of helping the patient, and significant chance of harming the patient further. 

My hopes for CER

I know many investigators who plan to apply for CER studies.  I hope they try to design unbiased studies.  I believe they will.

Comparative effectiveness research

As long as money is involved, industry will do their best to convince physicians and patients to spend more money for their profits.

Should we have preferred the devil we knew?

Now we just do not know what will happen.  As usual, Bob Doherty places this political happening into perspective.

Teaching bedside manner

We (the universe of medical educators) have a responsibility to make bedside manner part of our everyday concerns.