'Professional Grief' Is a Daily Reality for Oncologists
Oncologists can feel isolated when dealing with grief following a patient death; at the recent ASCO meeting, several speakers offered ways to tackle this.
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Oncologists can feel isolated when dealing with grief following a patient death; at the recent ASCO meeting, several speakers offered ways to tackle this.
A statewide pay-for-performance intervention based on a set of guidelines called Choosing Wisely reduced rates of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions to treat acute respiratory tract infections by an average of 18 percentage points, from 43% to 25%, across two large Los Angeles safety net hospitals.
Suzanne B. Coopey, MD, FACS, discusses the de-escalation of axillary lymph node surgery, shifts in the use of radiation oncology, and changes in the treatment paradigm for HER2-positive breast cancer.
M. Night Shyamalan's latest is soon heading to homes and cabins on Blu-ray. Knock at the Cabin hits stores on Blu-ray on May 9th.
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