Monthly Archives: November 2014

‘You Killed That Patient’

Brittany Maynard, a death with dignity advocate, chose to end her life in early November. The news did not get as much attention as it should have, possibly because Ebola was the biggest issue of the weeks that surrounded it. Her self-directed death by pills in Oregon, one of the few states in the U.S.…
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Physician Leadership and Teams: How Do You Get Buy-In?

I was asked to join Dr. Michael Consuelos (Senior Vice-President at HAP) and Dr. Eric Dobkin (Chief Quality Officer at Crozer-Keystone Health System) to make a few comments about physician leadership and teams at a conference this fall. Dr. Consuelos started off with the quote by Voltaire, “I know of nothing more laughable than a…
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