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Meaningful work
Every job has its meaningful and meaningless components. The problem is that we in primary care medicine are facing a landscape in which the...
Opinion
Affirmative action 2.0
It’s time to begin anew our search for inclusion-promoting strategies that will pass the Supreme Court’s litmus test of legality.
News
Dangerous grandparents
It can be a touchy subject in families, but grandparents should be reminded that their behavior may be setting a bad example or putting their...
News
Home management of belly pain
For the most part, Dr. Moms and Dads are handling their children’s abdominal pain appropriately, but little is known about the rare and often...
News
A glimmer of an answer to long COVID
When we are trying to discover what is making our patients sick, we must adhere to our traditional practice of taking a good and thorough history...
Opinion
WOW! You spend that much time on the EHR?
After a couple of decades, there is no well defined way of quantifying the time-gobbling effect of an EHR system.
Opinion
Don’t screen, just listen
If we are failing to ask about or even listen to caregivers’ concerns about something as important as sleep, we are missing the boat.
Opinion
AI & U: 2
Would patients accept a dehumanized type of primary care delivered by AI? Will they have a choice?
Opinion
AI & U
How can we in primary care take advantage of the wonders of the current AI technology?
Opinion
A clash of expectations
What is a pediatrician? More specifically, what is the role of a primary care pediatrician?
Opinion
Teenagers and work
For most teenagers, a job can have a positive influence on their development and with a modest amount of parental oversight will have a minimal...
Opinion
Time to rebuild
Opinion
Are parents infecting their children with contagious negativity?
While the mental health of children is causing their parents to be anxious and depressed, this may be a bidirectional connection.
Opinion
Notes on direct admission of pediatric patients
Whether our local situation favors direct admission or ED preadmission evaluation, it is our job to make the communication flow with the patient’s...
Opinion
Returning to normal after concussion
I am heartened that we are now hearing voices suggesting a return to concussion management based on careful observation of the individual patient...