Category: Medical
Monitoring Medication Adherence With “Biological Big Brother”
Adherence to medication sounds like a straightforward goal, but it becomes complicated and perplexing when it is monitored and enforced. Read FDA Approves Pill That Tracks Whether You Took Your Meds by Maggie Fox (NBCContinue reading
Neuroeconomics, The Rational Man, & Medical Noncompliance
The Brain, Money, and Patient Compliance Mind Games by John Cassidy (New Yorker Sept 18, 2006) does not directly address patient compliance or adherence, yet it does offer valuable insight in the process of decision-making, includingContinue reading
Video: Patient Education Goes Bollywood
Tracey Ullman takes patient education from the sad and drab ghetto of mainstream materials such as posters, pamphlets, and sideshows, to the fab world of entertainment. Check out the patient counseling provided by Ulman performingContinue reading
A Medical Sign Of Insensitivity
Welcome To Dr. Friendly’s Office Captured during a doctor’s appointment by an admirably camera-ready Lady Lawanda, the sign in this photo is evil on so many levels that I find it difficult to decide whichContinue reading
There Will Be Blood: Bloodletting As Metaphor For Doing The Wrong Thing Efficiently
“All of our social problems arise out of doing the wrong thing righter. The more efficient you are at doing the wrong thing, the wronger you become. It is much better to do theContinue reading