Archive for July, 2010

When Unemployed Means Unhealthy Too. By DANIELLE OFRI, M.D. Published: July 29, 2010 New York Times “I used to have a doctor,” she said, matter-of-factly, “but when I got laid off six months ago I lost my insurance.” Ms. C. shifted in her chair while I took notes during our first medical visit. “So I... »

“Ofri’s books… are all about her relationships with patients. The operative word there is “relationships”: Doctors aren’t supposed to have them. But good doctors do. The best doctors relate to the people they diagnose and treat. They listen to them, talk with them, learn... »

Danielle’s new essay on doctors facing our own prejudices with obese patients, on a new website called “The Responsibility Project.” “I had to be honest—I was uncomfortable with my new patient, a woman in her late thirties, in my office for a general medical check-up. Ms. M. was petite in stature,... »

] “It began as a cold that Julia Amparo-Alvarado couldn’t seem to shake. One January night in 2003 when her boss called, asking her to come in for a night shift of janitorial work at the... »