How an executive order can erase an entire childhood
Having recently returned from a medical mission to the Syrian refugee camps in Jordan, I have become consumed with advocating for the rights of the children outside of our borders. All the while the children I have spent the last five years caring for have been fighting for themselves in this changing political climate. As a pediatrician for an underserved immigrant population, I have seen first hand how a simple signature of an executive order can erase an entire childhood.
When the patient histories changed from ear pain and fever to suicide attempts and PTSD I knew I could no longer stay silent. How can I sleep when...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 19, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/henna-qureshi" rel="tag" > Henna Qureshi, DO < /a > Tags: Physician Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Let primary care doctors practice more outpatient medicine
Long ago, before our hospital changed over to a nearly complete hospitalist model, the faculty at our internal medicine practice served as the attending of record for all of our own patients, as well as the patients of the residents we supervised, when those patients were admitted to the inpatient services across the street.
When we would arrive in the morning, we would look at the admission list, note that one or two of our patients had been admitted, and maybe one or two of some of our residents’ patients, and knew that our day would have the addition of rounding on those patients as well as our full schedule of ou...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 19, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/fred-n-pelzman" rel="tag" > Fred N. Pelzman, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Primary care Source Type: blogs
When healthy children die: Pediatrician are not superhumans
I’ve always wanted to be a pediatrician because I love kids; if you ask most people who work in pediatrics whether nurses or physicians they may say that. It’s a very common response to the question “Why pediatrics?” Or how can you do pediatrics?” when students and physicians are asked. Yes, we love working with children for many reasons. Some love the unexpected unrehearsed things kids say; they will shock you, or make your burst out in hilarious fits of laughter. While others love the pliability of children, you can help shape their minds for good. They are impressionable, they are innocent, and...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 19, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/n-bande-virgil" rel="tag" > N. Bande Virgil, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
When healthy children die: Pediatricians are not superhumans
I’ve always wanted to be a pediatrician because I love kids; if you ask most people who work in pediatrics whether nurses or physicians they may say that. It’s a very common response to the question “Why pediatrics?” Or how can you do pediatrics?” when students and physicians are asked. Yes, we love working with children for many reasons. Some love the unexpected unrehearsed things kids say; they will shock you, or make your burst out in hilarious fits of laughter. While others love the pliability of children, you can help shape their minds for good. They are impressionable, they are innocent, and...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 19, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/n-bande-virgil" rel="tag" > N. Bande Virgil, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Childbirth in the U.S. and India: How it falls short and why
After eight years of practicing obstetrics and researching childbirth in the United States, I know as well as anyone that the American maternal health system could be better. Our way of childbirth is the costliest in the world. Our health outcomes, from mortality rates to birth weights, are far, far from the best.
The reasons we fall short are not obvious. In medicine, providing more care is often mistaken for providing better care. In childbirth the relationship between more and better is complicated. Texan obstetricians, when compared to their counterparts in neighboring New Mexico, are 50% more likely to intervene on t...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 19, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/neel-shah" rel="tag" > Neel Shah, MD < /a > Tags: Physician OB/GYN Source Type: blogs
