May 15, 2012Tuesday opinionosteopathic history Opinion What we ‘knew’ then Medical history tells us that much of what we “know” to be true today may be proved false in the future.
May 26, 2010Wednesday communicationopinion Opinion Two openings—one wrong, one right “Our goal, if we are to be real healers, is to welcome the patient, show interest and show concern—all in that one opening sentence,” Arnold Melnick, DO, writes.
July 1, 2009Wednesday mediaopinion Opinion Are we that invisible? Why wasn’t osteopathic medicine mentioned in an article on lower back pain?
July 1, 2009Wednesday end-of-life careopinion Opinion Treat patients—don’t kill them I agree to stand by the osteopathic oath: "I will give no drugs for deadly purposes to any person, though it may be asked of me."
July 1, 2009Wednesday communicationMedicareopinion Opinion Medicare: Communication or confusion? Even as a fairly knowledgeable professional, I have great difficulty with the “information” Medicare provides and often do not understand it.