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Archive for November, 2008

The Story #15: Time Out

• November 16, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Health Care Patient Perspective, health care reform, health-care-reform, patient-perspective, healthcarereform, patientperspective, medical-students, medicalstudents, doctors, patients, clinical-diagnosis, diagnosis, patient-advocate, patientadvocate, medical errors, medical malpractice
Tags: doctors, health care, health care reform, healthcare, healthcarereform, interns, medical students, medicalstudents, patient advocates, patientadvocates, patients, Tim Russert

The Story #14: Significance

• November 16, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Health Care Patient Perspective
Tags: doctors, health care reform, healthcare, healthcarereform, interns, medical students, medicalstudents, patient advocates, patientadvocates, patients

The Story #13: The Diagnosis

• November 12, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Health Care Patient Perspective
Tags: Actinomycosis, bacilli, Barkin, Berman, Carol-Schuffler, doctors, Elise-Berman, health care, health care reform, healthcare, healthcarereform, Inova-Alexandria-Hospital, InovaAlexandriaHospital, interns, medical students, medicalstudents, patient advocates, patientadvocates, patients, Ronald-Barkin, Schuffler, Virginia-Hospital-Center

The Story #11: Female Problem Mysteries

• November 12, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Health Care Patient Perspective
Tags: AlexandriaUrologicalAssociates, Alexis-Kladakis, doctors, endometriosis, gynecologists, health care reform, healthcare, healthcarereform, interns, Jenny-Nazal, Kladakis, medical students, medicalstudents, Nazal, nephrologist, Norman-Tacktill, patient advocates, patientadvocates, patients, radiologists, Rhame, Richard-Rhame, RosemaryGibson, urologist, Virginia-Medical-Board, Wall-of-Silence, WallofSilence, yeast, yeast-infection

The Story #9: Hypochondria v. Multi-symptom Disease

• November 12, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Health Care Patient Perspective
Tags: doctors, health care reform, medical students, patient advocates, patient perspective, patients

The Story #7: Tooth Root Connection II

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Posted in Health Care Patient Perspective
Tags: doctors, health care reform, medical students, patient advocates, patients

The Story #6: Bodily Mechanics 101

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Posted in Health Care Patient Perspective
Tags: advocates, doctors, health care reform, medical students, patient perspective, patients

The Story #5: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

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Posted in Health Care Patient Perspective
Tags: doctors, health care reform, medical students, patient perspective, patients

The Story #4: The Tooth Root Connection

• November 12, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Health Care Patient Perspective
Tags: Alan-Peiken, Allan-Morrison, Cigna, clinical-diagnosis, Crantz, CTscans, dentists, diagnosis, Dillon, doctors, Dollard, Donald-Poretz, endocrinologist, endodontist, Eric-Forsbergh, Forsbergh, Frank-Crantz, galactorrhea, health care reform, healthcarereform, Ilchyshyn, infection, infectiousdiseases, Jeffrey-Thorpe, Jonathan-Park, medical students, medicalstudents, microadenoma, Morrison, MRIs, MRSA, Nicholas-Ilchyshyn, oral-surgeon, oralsurgeon, Park, patient advocate, patient perspective, patientadvocate, patientperspective, patients, Peiken, Poretz, primarycare, Reston-Dental-Arts, RestonDentalArts, root canals, root-canal, rootcanal, staph, staphinfection, Thorpe, Wayne-Dollard

The Story #3: The Medical Record Paperweight

• November 12, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Health Care Patient Perspective
Tags: Cigna, David-Yoho, doctors, Ferrer, health care, health care reform, healthcare, healthcarereform, infectious-diseases, infectiousdiseases, interns, medical students, medicalstudents, Michael-Abidin, Michael-Tsun, patient advocates, patient perspective, patientadvocates, patients, Rosario-Ferrer