doctors

I didn't really know where to put this, but suspect this is as good a place as any! NHS doctor names 'three best' questions to ask GP if they ignore you...

Brief Report: Physician Narcissism, Ego Threats, and Confidence in the Face of Uncertainty G. Caleb Alexander; Jennifer Humensky; Cesar Guerrero; Hannah Park; George Loewenstein Although adequate self-esteem is essential for psychological health, people with high but fragile self-esteem have...

ME/CFS: Top Tips Handout for Doctors DIAGNOSIS AND SYMPTOMS ME/CFS is… A chronic, complex, multi-system biological illness with often devastating consequences. It affects all age groups including children and all socioeconomic groups. About 75% of sufferers are female. It can affect all aspects...

News and experienced related to Cleveland Clinic, one of the most prestigious hospitals in the United States.

There's a new ME/CFS telehealth service out there called RTHM Health. They started as a specialist service for long Covid but have expanded to ME/CFS, POTS, and some other disorders Their sign-up form implies they're currently accepting patients from Arizona, California, Florida, New York...

https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o702 Reddit thread:

A Tweet that I thought interesting

This brilliant essay from Electric Lit is a gem. It's affirming, easy to read, longish and mentions ME & Jen Brea. WARNING - I fell in love with the author. You just might too. https://electricliterature.com/why-doctors-like-me-need-to-read-chronic-illness-memoirs/ Why Doctors...

Abstract Background and Objectives: There is some evidence that knowledge and understanding of ME among doctors is limited. Consequently, an audit study was carried out on a group of hospital doctors attending a training event to establish how much they knew about ME and their attitudes towards...

"In a follow up to her 2019 blog post, Dr Nina Muirhead discusses a recent surge in clinical interest in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). In 2019, I wrote to the RCP to share my experience of developing a neurological disease with multisystem symptoms following a...

(Not sure whether I've posted this before) 19 April People often feel nervous when they visit a doctor with some fearing their symptoms may not be believed. But what if you are the doctor, and your colleagues dismiss your disabilities and mental health difficulties? Miranda Schreiber explores...

I'm under a rheumatologist at the moment, who's actually quite helpful. The last correspondence I got from him after a telephone review appointment contained some innaccuracies, although they weren't malicious in anyway. The letter was sent to my GP, as is standard practise. I'm going to write...

Any recommendations for a good doctor/clinic in the SE corner of NSW (Monaro region), for a newly diagnosed patient in that area? Thanks.

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I hope this link works? Re: Long covid: doctors must assess and investigate patients properly | The BMJ Long covid: doctors must assess and investigate patients properly BMJ 2020; 371 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m4583 (Published 02 December 2020)Cite this as: BMJ 2020;371:m4583 I just...

Preprint paper here: Persistent symptoms after Covid-19: qualitative study of 114 long Covid patients and draft quality criteria for services Emma Ladds, Alexander Rushforth, Sietse Wieringa, Sharon Taylor, Clare Rayner, Laiba Husain, Trisha Greenhalgh This article is a preprint and has not...

I am starting a thread on the 'Duties of a Doctor', which in the UK has replaced the Hippocratic Oath (as far as I am aware for graduating doctors). I don't want to limit this discussion to the UK though. Here is the link to the 'Duties of a Doctor - General Medical Council' information...

https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3565 It's basically a manifesto for care and research.

Improving teaching about medically unexplained symptoms for newly qualified doctors in the UK: findings from a questionnaire survey and expert workshop https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/4/e014720 I picked up on this from article in this thread...