I’ve been curious for some time about the arrogance and rudeness in my profession. When a new patient starts to relate her health history to me and interrupts herself with a comment like, “The so-and-so doctor was awful” (or really unpleasant or disrespectful), I inquire, “Oh? What happened?” And she’s truly glad to tell someone, especially a […]
Category: Science & Medicine
Protecting Yourself (and Your Child) from the Dangerous Anti-Vaccine Cult
I wanted to pull this Health Tip from the archives of the 1,600 (give or take a few) on file since I started this back in 1994. I had written it in response to the vociferous anti-vaccination community which I knew had been funding completely false research, spreading really dangerous misinformation, and causing untoward damage […]