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Month: August 2021

COVID-19 and Cancer Misinformation: An Oncologist’s Viewpoint

As a medical oncologist, science denialism from my patients is all too familiar to me. Cancer misinformation is, unfortunately, endemic in our society. After 18 years as a cancer doctor, it sadly doesn’t come as a surprise anymore when a patient declines treatment recommendations and instead opts for “alternative” treatment. When it happens, I explain…

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Burnout in Physicians vs Pilots: Who’s Flying the Plane?

Safety in aviation has been compared with safety in healthcare. As the only physician in a family of career pilots, I think about this often. While the aviation industry has been used as a safety model at the systems level for healthcare, I have not seen any data comparing burnout between the two industries. I…

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