Burnout and poor work-life balance are a bigger problem for doctors than other professions
Doctors & Nurses
TIME’s Mobile Tech Issue: Better Care Delivered by iPad, M.D.
In hospitals, tablets save serious time — and let patients see their health in high res
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‘July Effect’ Revisited: Why Experienced Docs May Not Deliver the Best Care
“Don’t get sick in July.”
This is a common refrain in teaching hospitals. It’s driven by the academic calendar: July is when the new interns — fresh out of medical school — start work. It’s also when the senior …
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Why Some Medical Students Are Learning Their Cadavers’ Names
At one Indiana medical school, students are taught to think of their cadavers as their first patients — and may even meet their families. Critics contend this may cross an ethical line and put students in an uncomfortable position.
Doctors’ Salaries: Who Earns the Most and the Least?
Doctors are still high earners, although few consider themselves “rich,” finds a recent survey by Medscape, a physician-focused information service from WebMD.
Using a third-party online collection website, Medscape surveyed …
Doctors of the Night: Will Med Students with Debt Consider Prostitution?
Desperate times often call for desperate measures, and for students with mounting education debt, that apparently means selling themselves.
White Coats, White Lies: How Honest Is Your Doctor?
We rank physicians among the most trustworthy members of our society, but a new survey finds the respect isn’t always mutual.
Fat Doctors Are Less Likely to Help Patients Lose Weight
Would you take weight-loss advice from a doctor who hasn’t got control of his own size?
Doctors at Your Door: Are House Calls Making a Comeback?
A program in New York City is reviving house calls for Medicare patients with multiple illnesses in hopes of saving money on emergency room visits and hospital care.
Why Are So Many Seniors Getting End-of-Life Surgery?
One in three people on Medicare have surgery in the final year of their lives, and many have surgery in their last month, according to a new study published in The Lancet.
Trial-by-Fire: Training New Medical School Students as EMTs
When the 40 students in Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine’s inaugural class arrive at the school’s new campus in Hempstead, N.Y., on July 25, they will receive a rather humbling initiation into their chosen profession: …