The ZDoggMD Show

Is Roseburg VA cherry-picking to game quality scores while endangering our veterans and ignoring physician recommendations? NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/us/at-veterans-hospital-in-oregon-a-push-for-better-ratings-puts-patients-at-risk-doctors-say.html Letter from ER docs: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4335659-ER-Docs-Letter.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My parents Rustom Damania, MD (an internist) and Shireen Damania, MD (a psychiatrist) join me to discuss how to recognize and intervene with healthcare professionals who are struggling with substance abuse, mental illness, and physical challenges such as dementia. We also read an obituary from a young surgeon with depression and anxiety who took his own life and the lives of his children this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A takedown of the most dangerous video currently on the internet. Video and more at http://zdoggmd.com/incident-report-129 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is life expectancy dropping 2 years in a row in the US? We reveal the sordid truth. #AgainstMedicalAdvice 032 The Article: http://wapo.st/2BpGCYG?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.dc72febbf51a Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What constitutes "assault" in healthcare? Two different cases, two different answers. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/15/doctor-signed-patients-livers-law-courts http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20171218/NEWS/171219895 Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices