Clarice, Author at Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Holy smoke! Does income and the price of cigarettes impact use?

Drs. Al Rifai and Virani dicsuss their work on the frequency of vaping and smoking by annual household income and policy implicatations.

Rohit Gupta discusses the importance of promoting health literacy, how a patient can obtain, communicate, and understand health information.

Elizabeth Sult Case describes how the field of ethics gives us tools to connect with one another and to consider difficult questions deeply together.

A look into how we collaborate, discuss, and share during a pandemic, and if there’s utility in virtual engagements not found in person.

How do you make decisions about training when you’re training for something you don’t really understand until you do it?

Exploring how every healthcare worker has a role to play in improving the health effects of justice system involvement.

Examining the indirect effects of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities and the need for national and institutional policy changes.

A reminder that authentic relationships and empathic communication still prevail in medicine during the pandemic.