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This essay by parents of a medical student who died by suicide calls for medical schools to better address the pressures of medical training and prevent suicide, burnout, and mental stress among healt...

Journal of Palliative Medicine

nd depression are linked to lower health-related quality of life, more severe symptoms (eg, fatigue), and poorer response to medical treatment. Screening instruments for depression and anxiety have sh...

A great hope of moving from paper to electronic health records (EHRs) is that health data could be scanned in real-time, alerting the care team of potential gaps in care before untoward consequences o...

Hospitalizations related to alcohol use disorder (AUD) are common. Yet, few patients receive pharmacotherapy consistent with guideline recommendations. Previous concerns over the potential hepatotoxi...

Shared decision making takes time that most clinicians don’t have. So one medical team developed some shortcuts for eliciting essential input from patients with multiple complex problems.

mong 127 patient-caregiver dyads using Actor-Partner Interdependence Modeling. Results: Among dyads, 26% had both partners reporting clinically significant anxiety and 18% reporting clinically sign...

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Trends in Hospitalizations and Liver Transplants Associated With Alcohol-Induced Liver Disease

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