Victor M. Montori

Feb 2, 2024 | mcpress.mayoclinic.org | Victor M. Montori

John is a 55-year-old man. He is overweight. He takes two different pills daily for diabetes. He also has hypertension and, until recently, was using a diuretic, a so-called “water pill.” Because he was not meeting the target for blood pressure control set in the practice’s contract, his doctor added another tablet, a beta blocker. Now, every time John stands up quickly, he becomes dizzy.

Feb 1, 2024 | mcpress.mayoclinic.org | Victor M. Montori

In his book Why We Revolt (Mayo Clinic Press, 2020), Dr. Victor Montori writes about cruelty in health care. In this excerpt from the book, he describes the unintended effects of heavy patient loads on both patients and health care providers. Cruel policies affect how our work is done. Impossibly busy appointment schedules and heavy patient loads force clinicians, even the kindest, to see patients as a blur, noticing nothing particular about any of them.

Dec 19, 2023 | bmj.com | Tiphaine Lenfant |Philippe Ravaud |Victor M. Montori |Gro R. Berntsen

Tiphaine Lenfant, medical doctor12, Philippe Ravaud, professor of epidemiology134, Victor M. Montori, professor of medicine5, Gro R.

Jul 4, 2023 | bmj.com | Suzie Bailey |Dominique Allwood |Nicki Macklin |Victor M. Montori

Caring curriculumsHowever, achieving this is unrealistic without a major reorientation of healthcare professionals’ education and the health systems that provide the learning and caring environment.

Apr 4, 2023 | jabfm.org | Kyle Steiger |Molly C. Klanderman |Victor M. Montori

Statistical AnalysisDescriptive statistics were used to summarize patients’ demographic and clinical characteristics and responses on the ICAN Discussion Aid. The total number of burdens was defined as the number of items in which the respondent answered “burden” (that the variable was a burden to them) or “both” (both a burden and an area of satisfaction).