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Speaking of health-care issues and our medical system, a great book to check out is “What You Don’t Know Can Kill You” by physician-author Laura Nathanson. The book is dedicated to the memory of her husband, Chuck, who died in 2003, less than three years after half a dozen doctors missed or misdiagnosed his rare…

In another pop-culture new item, all “Sopranos” fans will want to read this interesting article by The Associated Press about TV’s most famous therapy relationship, and the ire it’s earning from therapists after the title character was unceremoniously dumped by his therapist with no warning.. If only I could televise my therapy sessions, I might…

The following passage from J. Raymond DePaulo Jr.’s book, “Understanding Depression,” was helpful to me in knowing what to look for in a doctor, and when to go for a second (and third, and fourth, and fifth, and sixth, and seventh) opinion (My notes are in brackets): “The best patient care requires three components: a…

Here’s a great article by Barron H. Lerner, “Doctors Examine Themselves: Books Explain How Errors Happen, How Patients Can Cope,” about two new books–“Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance” by Atul Gawande, and “How Doctors Think” by Jerome Groopman–that ran in the Washington Post a few weeks ago. Lerner says these two physician-authors are “seeking…
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