The PAH Initiative is hosting video events in November to discuss the importance of shared decision making between doctors and patients to help manage pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The hour-long broadcasts, which are intended for adults with PAH and their caregivers, will take place at 8 p.m. EST Nov. 6 and 7 p.m. EST Nov. […] The post Doctor-patient relationship in PH care focus of two video events appeared first on Pulmonary Hypertension News.| Pulmonary Hypertension News – The Web's Daily Resource for PH News
Maggie is a 25-year-old woman with a mutation in a gene that is essential for clearing toxic products of protein breakdown—chiefly ammonia. The condition is called ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency.... The post Choosing What to Believe in the Face of Illness appeared first on The Hastings Center for Bioethics.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Danielle Ofri interviews neurologist (and BLR author) Pria Anand to celebrate the publication of her first book, The Mind Electric. Danielle and Pria discuss writing, medicine, and the intricacies …| Danielle Ofri
Patients who are members of marginalized groups—women, Black people, trans people, elderly people, disabled people—are often dismissed, minimized, or altogether ignored by health care professionals. Over time, this can lead to gaslighting in which patients question their thoughts, feelings, symptoms, even themselves.| The Hastings Center
