#5 What Do Midwives Do?
If you prefer a natural delivery without a lot of technological intervention with monitors, induction, and episiotomies, your home or a birthing center is the p...
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Why You Need A Direct Primary Care Physician
You might notice that primary care physicians are becoming harder and harder to find—which is why so many people end up not getting access to the care they need...
Corporate Takeover of Medicine: Good or Bad?
Way back in 1992, I wrote about how corporate takeovers were interfering with physician decisions in Modern Medicine: What You’re Dying to Know. At that time, c...
UTIs and Antibiotic Stewardship
I’m a 73-year old OB-GYN who started medical school 48 years ago in 1973. Currently I am the Chief of Staff at four nursing homes and also at the hospital assoc...
What’s Actually Managed in Managed Care
Whenever I see or hear the term managed care, I cringe. Health maintenance organizations (HMOs), insurance companies, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), and...
#38 Informed Consent
Before the days of all-eyes-on-HIPPA, many patient/physician discussions centered around informed consent. Today, many patients see informed consent merely as a...
Learn How to Steer a Pregnancy
I considered a couple of specialties when I was in medical school, possibly ENT or peds. But I soon realized in my obstetrical rotation that one thing obstetric...
Modern Medicine Back in Print
Dr. Lindemann, with Diane Haugen, wrote Modern Medicine: What You're Dying to Know in 1992 because even back then, Dr. Lindemann was very concerned about the fo...