If you are a doctor, the odds are that your patients think or do things you don’t agree with. Nearly half of Americans believe at least one health-related conspiracy theory, people routinely lie to ...

Medical spaces are a unique combination of majorly stressful and potentially boring—a combo that can lead to etiquette mistakes with serious consequences, says Lizzie Post, the co-president of the ...

Here are four signs of your doctor not listening and four things I do when they don't listen to me. As much as I want to believe my doctors are beyond brilliant and can do anything, they are people ...

If you play sports, are in your 40s or 50s, or have family and friends who are physically active, you’ve probably heard of the word "orthopedics.” But do you know what orthopedic doctors really do?

A doctor may ask if you feel safe at home so they can understand any issues you may be facing in your personal life. This can help them identify risk factors and provide you with resources and support ...

Doctors’ personal beliefs can hinder care A disturbing number of doctors do not feel obligated to tell patients about medical options they oppose morally, such as abortion and teen birth control, and ...

As many doctors are starting to realize, they are not passive agents in a racist society and health care system: their actions (and inactions) contribute to racial health disparities. And their biases ...

The first patient I ever wrote about wasn’t actually my patient; as a first-year medical student, that possessive grammatical construct—“my patient”—hadn’t yet entered my consciousness, much less my ...

Dr. Lamas, a contributing Opinion writer, is a pulmonary and critical-care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. It was just before dawn in the intensive care unit when something ...

A nurse practitioner with a doctorate introduces herself as a doctor. If she doesn’t clarify that she’s not a physician, she could potentially face licensing penalties under a year-old law that limits ...