One Day at a Time
When a person reaches out for help with their alcoholism and begins treatment, one of the guiding pieces of information is the motto "One day at a time." The thought behind this is that
When a person reaches out for help with their alcoholism and begins treatment, one of the guiding pieces of information is the motto "One day at a time." The thought behind this is that
One in seven patients in hospitals experience a medical error. Medical errors can occur anywhere in the health care system: In hospitals, clinics, surgery centers, doctors' offices, nursing homes, pharmacies, and patients' homes.
Despite the existence of effective drugs, each year approximately eight million people get active TB. More than 1.5 million of those cases are in sub-Saharan Africa. This number is increasing dramatically.
An allergy, a hypersensitivity disorder of the immune system, occurs when a person's immune system reacts to normally harmless substances in the environment.
I met a young doctor who used to work under me recently. I had just completed my night rounds in the hospital and I was leaving for home.
And then I saw him. He was unkempt, exhausted and appeared famished. Worst of all, he looked like a man who has totally given up on being a doctor. He appeared hesitant when I asked him what was wrong, but I could not just leave him there.
The patient's relationship with his or her doctor is no doubt a very important area to understand when considering the subject of iatrogenesis (accidental death by medicine or medical intervention).