The Business of Medicine – Discrepancies in Conflict of Interest Policy
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Conflicted advice and second opinions: Benefits, but unintended consequences.
Abstract Second opinions have been advocated as an antidote to bias in advice when primary advisors have conflicts of interest. In four experiments, we demonstrate how primary advisors alter their advice due to knowledge of the presence of a second advisor. We show that advisors give more biased advice and adopt a profit-maximizing frame when
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Investigations before examinations: This is how we practice medicine here.
Summary Based on a personal experience, in this paper I discuss the impact of investigations-before-examinations on healthcare costs, patient safety, and the quality of care. Unnecessary tests, such as x-rays, can lead to a cascade of further investigations due to incidental findings and contribute to cumulative radiation exposure. I explore the power dynamics within the
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The Problem with Investigation before Examination
In this short article published in Psychology Today I tell my own story of a vaccination injury to my left shoulder. The increasing pain that resulted led me to to visit my doctor to address the issue and my experience that followed demonstrated a flaw in the sequence of events within the practice of U.S.
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