The Breast Diaries
Stacey is also a guest blogger at KevinMD.com. Check out her latest post here!
Controversy Over Part Time Doctors
September 16th, 2011Karen Sibert’s recent op-ed in the New York Times has resulted in a heated discussion over physicians who choose to work part-time. I submitted the following letter to the editor in response:
Karen Sibert offers a disturbing value judgment on doctors practicing part-time. As a radiologist and a mother of two, my personal decision to work fewer hours during a fraction of my career is no one’s business aside from my family and my employer. As to the claim that I owe something to the government because Medicare subsidized hospitals during my training,
Six Ways to Make a Mammogram More Tolerable
September 16th, 2011By now you’ve probably seen the internet jokes that compare the mammogram experience to having your breast squashed in a refrigerator door/ automatic garage/ etc. A few years back, I joined the club of women who have our annual mammograms, and I can’t say that I disagree with the imagery of the jokes; however, the benefits of early detection FAR outweigh the discomfort (don’t you hate when doctors say that? It’s not “discomfort” or “a little pressure”— It HURTS!), so I’m willing to put up with it.
I’d like to share a few tips I’ve learned as both the doctor and…
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