October 22nd, 2009 by Shadowfax in Better Health Network, Opinion
Tags: Cuts, Dermabond, Emergency Medicine, Lacerations, Pediatrics, Plastic Surgery, Repair, Sutures, When To Call Surgeon
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In the comments, a question was posed from reader “Seattle Plastic Surgery on Lake Union” (an online handle that is as unwieldy as it is descriptive). He asks:
I would like to hear your opinion on a topic that is rapidly growing near and dear to my heart…the scenario is thus:
I’m on call, the local plastic surgeon, for the local ER. You are seeing a nice family with a child that has sustained a simple facial laceration. No fractures, no missing tissue, just a simple, linear, forhead laceration.
The Mom asks that a plastic surgeon be called to come in from home and close the wound. You reply that you are able to do the closure, the child is medically stable, and that a you are qualified to close the wound. The family presses you: call the plastic surgeon.
Can you tell me, from an ER doc’s standpoint- what is the most appropriate response from the on call plastic surgeon? Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Movin' Meat*
October 21st, 2009 by DrRich in Better Health Network, Health Policy, Opinion
Tags: AHIP, Government-run Healthcare, Health Insurance, Lobby, Obama, Price Waterhouse Cooper, Study, War
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This past weekend, AHIP – the American Health Insurance Plan trade group – seemed to turn at last against healthcare reform. For nearly a year the AHIP stood silently by, and indeed often made noises in support of the administration’s reform efforts, despite being cast by reformers as the chief villains of American healthcare. Then suddenly, a few days ago AHIP released a study produced for them by Price Waterhouse Cooper which concluded that healthcare reform (at least as advanced by the Baucus Senate Finance Committee) would result in massive increases in insurance premiums for Americans.
Becoming an apostate has always been far worse than being a mere infidel, and the AHIP action (seen as a act of betrayal and not merely an expression of opposition) has invoked the wrath of the powers that be. Democrats and progressives everywhere have quickly responded. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at The Covert Rationing Blog*
October 20th, 2009 by KevinMD in Better Health Network, Opinion
Tags: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Dating, Dating Advice, Oncology, Psychiatry, Psychology, Relationships
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Watch how they interact in a cancer clinic.
So says this oncologist in a poignant column from the Boston Globe. As Robin Schoenthaler writes, “When you’re a single woman picturing the guy of your dreams, what matters a heck of lot more than how he handles a kayak is how he handles things when you’re sick. And one shining example of this is how a guy deals with your purse.” Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at KevinMD.com*
October 20th, 2009 by RamonaBatesMD in Better Health Network, Opinion
Tags: Climate Change, Contraception, Ethics, Obstetrics And Gynecology, Population Control
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This year the topic of Blog Action Day is climate change, so I have decided to briefly mention the link between population control/contraception and climate. This connection is finally getting attention again. It was discussed when I was in college in the 70’s but became a political hot potato when China limited the number of children their citizens could legally have.
My roommate in college, KB, was an environmental science major. She and I had many discussions (arguments) over how many children a family should have. My mother had 8 children. I also had two half-siblings from my father’s first marriage and 5 step-siblings. She came from a family of 2 children. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Suture for a Living*
October 19th, 2009 by Michael Sevilla, M.D. in Better Health Network, Opinion
Tags: #bwe09, AAFP, Blog, Blog Conference, Blog World Expo, Inflluence, Medical Society, Physician
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I have a lot of friends in Boston this week who are attending the annual meeting for the American Academy of Family Physicians (ie – Congress of Delegates or AAFP CoD). And, they may not be too happy with what they read in this post, but here goes.
As some of you know, I’m scheduled to present at BlogWorld Expo (BWE) later this week in Las Vegas. I’m going to be moderating a panel about how patient privacy and the HIPPA law can impact blogging, podcasting, and interacting with social networking. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Doctor Anonymous*
