Kindness a Key Component of Treating Pregnant Patients With SUD, Experts Say
“Don’t be mean.” That advice might be seen as unnecessary for most doctor-patient relationships, but not for treating patients with substance use disorder (SUD), especially pregnant patients, according to Cara Poland, MD, MEd, of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in East Lansing. “The bar is really low in addiction,” she said Wednesday during […]
Opinion | The Patient Case Against Requiring Medical Chaperones
A third person is just a third wheel in a trusting doctor-patient relationship. Yale-New Haven Hospital and affiliated clinics have a rule that a chaperone must be present for any examination of so-called “sensitive” areas, including breasts, genitalia, and perianal area. Having a chaperone present is mandatory, and in visits to my gynecologist at Yale, […]