Burnout

  American Academy of Pediatrics President Kyle Yasuda, M.D. addresses a growing crisis in American medicine: U.S. physicians have the highest suicide rate of any profession — higher than the military and more than double that of the general population. With more...

Easing The Burden On Doctors

  Last month, we discovered how expensive it will be if your daughter or son harbors dreams of becoming a doctor: If your son or daughter is expressing interest in some day earning a medical degree, Wall Street Physician, MD says it’s going to be very expensive....

So You Wanna Be A Doctor?

  If your son or daughter is expressing interest in some day earning a medical degree, Wall Street Physician, MD says it’s going to be very expensive. Costs are rising and so is the debt medical school graduates find themselves in: The average medical...

How Doctors Think

As a patient, a parent, and a pediatrician, Julia, M.D. has seen this scenario play out on days too numerous to count: I get it. While feeling miserable, you scheduled an appointment, found a parking spot, waited, read stale gossip magazines, got undressed, waited...

*Flashback Friday*

* This post first appeared on The PediaBlog on May 4, 2015 (before #MeToo).   Doctors Behaving Badly   When, last week, I first read Alexandra Robbin’s Slate article “Doctors Throwing Fits,” I must say I was shocked. I’ve since had the chance to speak with a...