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Your untapped health intuition

Article Abstract:

The best doctors are those who pay attention to their patients' intuitive feelings about the state of their health. It is important to really be aware of your body and to attempt to communicate your state of health to your doctor.

Author: Groopman, Jerome
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 2000

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Married to the doc

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A man discusses how he came to understand his physician-wife's seemingly heartless attitude toward human suffering and death. He learned to see that she needed to remain objective and dispassionate to work effectively.

Author: Raab, Scott
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 1992
Married people, Physicians' spouses

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When the doctor becomes the patient: a caregiver who needed care learned a lesson that's not in any textbook

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A doctor who ignored her own symptoms of illness until prompted by a patient to seek help recounts her experiences. She feels that she now has a greater understanding of patients who avoid seeking treatment.

Author: Obel, Jennifer
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 2001
Medical professions

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Subjects list: Psychological aspects, Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations, Personal narratives, Physicians
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