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The Power of Words, 16 Years Later
One failed and one successful Primary Care/Behavioral Health integration
May 19
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Hans Duvefelt, MD
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My First Case of Algophobia? Or Münchausen Syndrome? Or maybe Just Another Patient with Opiate Induced Hyperalgesia, Allodynia, or Maybe…
Jimmy has a bad back.
May 11
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Hans Duvefelt, MD
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Medicine is a Love that Finds Us
A piece from 2017, still one of my favorite posts. Also Chapter 2 in A COUNTRY DOCTOR WRITES: IN PRACTICE
May 9
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April 2025
Actor, Chameleon or Just a Good Doctor?
As doctors, we are like actors or musicians.
Apr 26
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Hans Duvefelt, MD
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A Childhood Illness that Stumped a Pediatrician
Melanie’s breathing troubles started almost three weeks ago.
Apr 23
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Looking for Patterns, Looking for Change and Looking for Incongruity
I recently reposted a 2017 WordPress reflection on my Substack about how sometimes a disease evolves so slowly that you, as a continuity provider…
Apr 17
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Diagnoses Right Under My Nose
First published in 2017
Apr 16
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Hans Duvefelt, MD
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17 Years of A Country Doctor Writes:
The thought of writing about my experience as a doctor had been percolating for a couple of years before I started my blog and published my first post…
Apr 6
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Hans Duvefelt, MD
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A Pearl From Medical School
First published in 2017, how I diagnosed a case of kidney cancer
Apr 5
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Hans Duvefelt, MD
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Humming Jeopardy
Published March 13, 2015
Apr 3
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Clinical Instinct
Published April 8, 2011. Has AI made it irrelevant by now? I don’t think so…
Apr 2
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March 2025
Three Dutchmen Walked Into an Eye Clinic
A little Medical History
Mar 31
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