Mistaking Legal Recourse for Evidence-Based Medical Practices in Surrogacy
Paying a surrogate to carry a fetus shoehorns a fourth, and fifth, party into the already tight therapeutic triangle formed by the biological mom, fetus, and physician.
All articles by Tafari Mbadiwe, MD, JD
Bully for Us: Confronting Medicine’s Bullying Problem
The culture of bullying — widespread across the medical field — has been linked to poorer patient outcomes. So why can’t physicians stop bullying in its tracks?
The CVS/Aetna merger and the future of primary care
Both CVS and Aetna care deeply about the prices of pharmaceuticals, but they are hoping to maximize company profits, not consumer savings.
Examining the effects of wearable fitness trackers
The utility and effectiveness of wearable fitness devices are discussed in a clinician’s opinion piece.
Are your colleagues continuing to perform unnecessary arthroscopies?
Unknown knowns are ideas that we’re aware of on some level but, for whatever reason, choose not to admit to ourselves.
The role of prescription habits in the opioid epidemic
Current surgical and prescribing practices may have a hand in exacerbating the nation’s burgeoning opioid epidemic.
The flu vaccine’s influence on public health
Improving influenza vaccination rates will require a much greater commitment to preventative public health to change public perception of the importance and efficacy of flu vaccination.
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