Is it wrong for me to contact my spouse’s doctors to share what I know about his addiction?
Question by SerendipityLee: Is it wrong for me to contact my spouse’s doctors to share what I know about his addiction?
Im in a difficult situation trying to help my spouse battle addiction to alcohol. He is a high-functioning-addict, and ironicly a brilliant counceling professional himself. This has added… Continue reading
Doctors’ drug abuse not pretty, not rare
Doctors’ drug abuse not pretty, not rare
CHICAGO — Richard Ready had been a drinker most of his life, but by the time he became chief resident of neurosurgery at a prominent Chicago-area hospital, it was drugs, not alcohol, that kept him going.
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Doctors testing warm, beating hearts in transplants
Doctors testing warm, beating hearts in transplants
Doctors testing warm, beating hearts in transplants
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Deputy determined to overcome wounds
A few months back, Brandon Moore’s 10-year-old son, Alec, crawled out of bed and asked his mother a question. “Could Daddy die doing his job?”
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why don’t doctors write narcotics?
Question by David K: why don’t doctors write narcotics?
what possible repercussions are there and why is it not up to the patient to decide and the doctor to monitor? I believe narcotics can be very helpful and I wonder doctors don’t write them more often. I think they… Continue reading
Do doctors discriminate by age?
Question by Chris K: Do doctors discriminate by age?
I ask this more for a personal reason than for debate. You see, I am nineteen years old, young but still an adult. I was involved in a rather terrible car accident about 10 years ago, and ever since I… Continue reading