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Next “doctor as e-patient”: Howard Luks, MD

e-Patient Dave | October 27, 2011

We’ve sometimes written about doctors as e-patients. (There are a lot!) Here’s the next. SPM member Howard Luks MD, orthopedist, had some symptoms. He spoke to his physician and GI doc, who gave him pills. It didn’t make sense to him. So he did what a lot of us do: “Then I headed onto a [...]

Shared Decision Making: Informed Consent v. Informed Choice

Gilles Frydman | November 30, 2009

This guest post, presenting the view point of Howard Luks ( @hjluks on Twitter). Howard is an orthopedic surgeon. He serves as the Chief of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy and Knee Replacement at Westchester Medical Center, in Westchester County, NY. Asked about participatory medicine and patient engagement, Howard told me “I am infinitely intrigued by the possible [...]