A Country Doctor Writes:

I have been blessed with a growing readership of ACDW and truly appreciate the number of subscriptions to my Substack. Today, I offered my paid subscribers a signed copy of my 2020 book, CONDITIONS: Diseases and other life circumstances, which retails for $10.99. I am also offering this to new paid subscribers, whether they are brand new or upgrading from free. Instructions for how to get the book are automatically emailed to anyone who signs up for an annual subscription or Founding Member (which, in addition comes with a free copy of IN PRACTICE: Starting, Growing and Staying in the Medical Profession).

Thanks for reading A Country Doctor Writes,

Hans Duvefelt, MD

https://acdw.substack.com

Substack is enhancing their video capabilities. I’ll be posting more videos there soon. Topics in the immediate pipeline are Atrial fibrillation, tuning fork testing for hearing loss and more, pinhole in a piece of cardboard for advanced eye diagnosis and more things to do with a blood pressure cuff. Follow me at ACDW.Substack.com or Acountrydoctorwrites.com.

https://open.substack.com/pub/acdw/p/the-science-of-placebo-and-nocebo?r=254ice&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

https://open.substack.com/pub/acdw/p/one-liners?r=254ice&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

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Substack is a bigger platform that gets me much more exposure than my own little corner of the Internet. I have been re-posting old material there with lots of views. This one is from 2014:

“Prior Authorizations, Mrs. Kafka. May I have your name and the patient’s policy number.”

“My name is Country Doctor, and I don’t have the patient’s number but I have her husband’s – it is 123456789”.

“Thank you, Doctor. This is for Harry Black?”

“Well, no, it’s for his wife, Harriet. We asked for a PA for Lyrica for her, but it was approved for him instead, even though the forms we sent you clearly stated her name.”

“I see that Harry is approved for one year.”

“Yes, but he doesn’t need it. He has no diagnosis and no symptoms. Someone at your end reversed the names, because the application was for Harriet. I have a copy right here in front of me. So can we just get this approval switched over to her name instead?”

“I’m sorry, we can’t.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/acdw/p/calling-mrs-kafka?r=254ice&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post