An orthopedic surgeon was shot and killed by one of his patients on Tuesday while working at his Tennessee hospital, according to police. Benjamin Mauck, 43, was in an exam room when a male patient at ...

An essential element of effective medical practice management is having a shared set of beliefs among members regarding patient safety climate. Recognizing the need for improving patient safety, the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a female physician in a rural town. This is a retirement community, and I have a number of older male patients. Sometimes a man will stand when I enter the exam room, and it is ...

New research released last week suggests that sex matters when it comes to surgery. Researchers examined the sex of the surgeon and the sex of the patient in over a million surgeries and found that ...