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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 8/2007

01-08-2007 | Editorial

Partner Interference with Health Care: Do We Want One More Piece of a Complex Puzzle?

Author: Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 8/2007

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As I sit down to write, scattered images of former patients fill my mind: a well-educated, elderly woman presenting to the hospital 2 days after having a large myocardial infarction; a young diabetic woman with erratic blood glucose control; one of my colleague’s “frequent flyers” coming in to see me on a Friday afternoon, panicked, asking for yet another early refill of her hydrocodone; a very ill, middle-aged woman whose doting husband kept immaculate notes on her many medical issues and 12 medications. Each of these women has her own, complex story. Each had a partner who negatively interfered with her medical care. …
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Metadata
Title
Partner Interference with Health Care: Do We Want One More Piece of a Complex Puzzle?
Author
Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH
Publication date
01-08-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 8/2007
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-007-0262-9

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