One in six patients are deemed to be dissatisfied and demanding. But to prevent difficult medical problems from being redefined as difficult patients, doctors need help ...

From Dr Greene’s hubris to House’s Vicodin addiction to the traumatized doctors in The Pitt, could modern depictions of flawed physicians be doing more harm than good?

"Physicians are often accused of providing too much care to elderly patients at the end of life, but there's evidence that these patients also get far too little care before reaching that point," a ...

People trust doctors; after all, they've gone through years of education and training to take care of us when we're possibly having the worst days of our lives. Some even want to be as little of a ...

Liz Helms still remembers the way her doctor looked at her 30 years ago, when she described the severe pain she was ...

People with lower income and less education get sick more often, have worse access to care, and don't live as long. This is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. Medical training is designed to mold students into doctors ...