Primary care -- the best job in medicine?

Article Abstract:

The opportunities to develop long-term relationships with patients by earning their trust and the fascination of diagnosing disorders from puzzling symptoms are very rewarding aspects of being a primary care physician. Taking care of patients as their primary care doctor is the best job in medicine, and an urgent need is felt to reverse the trend of fewer medical students opting for a career in primary care medicine.

Patients, Patient care

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Going beyond disease to address disability

Article Abstract:

A physician's role in going beyond treating disease to address disability is described with the process to be followed to fulfill this role. It is suggested that one place to begin physicians' training about disability is the realm of patient-physician communication, as communication is key to achieving patient-centered care for improving quality of health care.

Care and treatment, Analysis, Disabled persons

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The physical exam and the sense of smell

Article Abstract:

A resident in internal medicine describes the emphasis that his senior doctors placed on physical examnation of patients. He states that although blood draws and x-rays are important for physical examination, a patient's smell is the best diagnosis for the administeration of specific drugs.

Usage, New England, Smell, Sensory evaluation

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