10 top medical blog posts, October 2010

Here are the top posts from this past month, based on the number of times they were viewed.

1. Catherine Zeta-Jones blames doctors for Michael Douglas’ throat cancer. Why is Catherine Zeta-Jones so mad?

2. The day that medicine broke her and destroyed her innocence. Not only was I on call, but I was assigned to the chief resident’s team. I felt petrified.

3. 7 social media mistakes made in health care. There can be real problems in using social media in the health care context.

4. Why doctors have poor customer service. One of the reasons we have poor customer service is because we are overwhelmed.

5. Advice for a second year medical student. Grades in medical schools are a joke.

6. Doctors should work weekends, and how reformers alienate physicians. Peter Orszag wants doctors to work weekends.

7. Is healthcare is a right? A balanced opinion. Chris Mathews had Ron Paul on his show, Hardball, earlier this year to discuss Social Security and the new health care bill.

8. Let Grandma go with dignity, and a family’s inability to do so. Tonight I refused a hospital consult. Why would I do that?

9. Why drug companies lavish doctors and how they price their drugs. My own education in pharmaceutical marketing began during my second year of residency at Massachusetts General Hospital.

10. If there’s a doctor on board, please ring your call button! I’m guessing that the average packed Boeing 777 has at least a handful of doctor-passengers.

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