Archive - A Country Doctor Writes:

The Power of Words, 16 Years Later

One failed and one successful Primary Care/Behavioral Health integration

May 19 •

Hans Duvefelt, MD

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 •

Hans Duvefelt, MD

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 •

Hans Duvefelt, MD

April 2025

Actor, Chameleon or Just a Good Doctor?

As doctors, we are like actors or musicians.

Apr 26 •

Hans Duvefelt, MD

A Childhood Illness that Stumped a Pediatrician

Melanie’s breathing troubles started almost three weeks ago.

Apr 23 •

Hans Duvefelt, MD

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 •

Hans Duvefelt, MD

Diagnoses Right Under My Nose

First published in 2017

Apr 16 •

Hans Duvefelt, MD

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 •

Hans Duvefelt, MD

A Pearl From Medical School

First published in 2017, how I diagnosed a case of kidney cancer

Apr 5 •

Hans Duvefelt, MD

Humming Jeopardy

Published March 13, 2015

Apr 3 •

Hans Duvefelt, MD

Clinical Instinct

Published April 8, 2011. Has AI made it irrelevant by now? I don’t think so…

Apr 2 •

Hans Duvefelt, MD

March 2025

Three Dutchmen Walked Into an Eye Clinic

A little Medical History

Mar 31 •

Hans Duvefelt, MD

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