Michael Kirsch

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Why I Won’t Refill Your Prescription

Giving prescription refills is not quite as fun as it used to…

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Which Medical Specialty Should Medical Students Choose?

A medical student recently asked my advice on her decision to pursue…

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Medical Complications Torture Doctors, Too

If you are a physician like me who performs procedures, then rarely…

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Should You Trust Your Doctor’s Advice?

Is your doctor a hammer and you're a nail? Here's some insider's…

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Good Riddance to Routine Pelvic Examinations

So much in medicine and in life is done out of habit.…

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Physicians Lose Right of Free Speech

I’m all for free speech and very hostile to censorship. The response…

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When Should Doctors Turn Patients Away?

A few days before this writing, a 32-year-old woman came to see…

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Are Your Medical Priorities Straight?

The world is asunder. As I write this, Iraq is sinking into…

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Standards of Decency in the Blogosphere

A few weeks back, I posted a piece entitled Are Emergency Rooms…

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Standards of Decency in the Blogosphere

A few weeks back, I posted a piece entitled Are Emergency Rooms…

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