Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Can’t Make This Up! Some Physicians Are Being Forced to Pass Polygraph Tests if They Want to Continue Working
Despite polygraphs being inadmissible in courts and being considered either full on junk science or just north of that mark, the federation of state physician health programs (FSPHP) and its member state physician health programs (PHPs) are routinely sending physicians … Continue reading
The Delicate Path of Treating Addiction Among Doctors
Excellent article on Physician Health Programs here by Frieda Klotz. One problem of PHPs is that they operate with little oversight and almost no ways of meaningfully appealing they’re recommendations. Additionally, they have bidirectional conflicts of interest with the evaluation/treatment … Continue reading
KevinMD Podcast on the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education
https://www.kevinmd.com/2024/06/ai-ethics-in-medical-education-podcast.html
Book Review of Carl Elliott’s new book: The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No
I just published a review of Carl Elliott’s latest book here in the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. Here are my concluding chapters from the review: Elliott notes that many whistleblowers start out as idealists. Indeed, that idealism is at … Continue reading
FDA Over-Regulation of Lab Tests Could Harm Patients
Requiring FDA approval for laboratory developed tests would be an overreaction to the Theranos debacle and would ultimately harm patients See my opinion piece about proposed new oversight and regulation of lab developed tests by the FDA here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-fda-overreaction-to-theranoss-implosion-would-harm-patients
Honored to Take Part in the Podcast Earlier Today about Physician Health Programs with Pamela Wible and Kernan Manion that was hosted by Joseph Brigandi
Baylor College of Medicine student Amelia Mercado and I appeared on this STAT First Opinion podcast with Torie Bosch
Lecture on Medical Ethics for Forethought India
Sayonara Facebook and Twitter
After saving all of my photos–ironically, seeing vacation photos was why I joined many years ago–I left Facebook roughly a month ago. Several years ago during a visit in Nashville, my former teacher Larry Churchill was decrying so many of … Continue reading
KCRW: Life Examined: In search of a (good) therapist: Insurance, fit, and stigma
I’m delighted that KCRW: Life Examined public radio in LA devoted this segment to mental health care and honored to have been a guest on the show. You can find the broadcast here.