Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW, Author at Medical Bag

Tech Talk

Should You Record Your Patient Encounters? An Interview With James Ryan, DO

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Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

August 1, 2018

Patients are increasingly recording physician visits on their phones, should physicians do the same.

Ethics

Should Physicians Treat Family and Friends? Three Experts Weigh In

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Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

June 21, 2018

Although all of the guidelines acknowledge that there are emergent situations in which providing care for a family member or friend is not only permissible but also essential, other situations are frowned upon.

Business

Transference in the Age of #MeToo: What Counts as Harassment From a Patient?

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Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

June 19, 2018

The psychological effect on psychiatrist victims should be acknowledged even when the behavior of the perpetrator can be explained by diagnosis.

Ethics

Keeping Politics Out of Patient Care: Interview With Anupam B. Jena, MD

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Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

June 8, 2018

To shed further light on the study’s implications, MPR interviewed lead author Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD, Ruth L. Newhouse Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Ethics

Court-Mandated Substance Abuse Treatment: Exploring the Ethics and Efficacy

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Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

May 31, 2018

While many treatments for substance use disorder are not evidence based, several evidence-based approaches have shown effectiveness in court-mandated treatment settings.