Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

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Batya Swift Yasgur MA, LSW, is a freelance medical writer who writes news, features, CME materials, and books for a variety of venues and target audiences, including healthcare professionals and consumers. She has a passion for human rights activism and is the author of Behind the Burqa (John Wiley, 2002), a memoir of 2 Afghan sisters who escaped Afghanistan. In addition, she holds the 1995 Robert L. Fish Award for Best First Published Mystery Story. Her fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and several other publications. Beyond her desire to contribute to people's health and wellbeing through her writing, Batya offers emotional/spiritual support to clients in her Teaneck, New Jersey-based counseling practice to facilitate their journeys toward healing.

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General Gastroenterology

COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation: Ethical Concerns and Practical Challenges

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

November 5, 2020

In the event of a likely scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines, a framework must be developed to inform who should get priority.

Practice Management

Seven Tips for Managing Healthcare Teamwork During a Pandemic

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

August 18, 2020

COVID-19 has brought unprecedented stress to society at large and perhaps most of all to frontline healthcare teams in a variety of settings. We spoke to an expert about teamwork during such trying times.

Practice Management

Dress for Success: Physician Attire May Influence Patients’ Perception of Care

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

January 13, 2020

First impressions are an important part of the patient-physician relationship, because they can affect the quality of the relationship well beyond the initial encounter.

Practice Management

Should Aging Physicians Be Required to Undergo Cognitive Testing? Three Experts Weigh In

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

October 1, 2019

Approaches that have been proposed included a possible mandatory retirement age for physicians, similar to the mandatory retirement age used in the airline industry for pilots, but these have been met with protests regarding age discrimination as well as other concerns.

Practice Management

Do Your Patients Consult Google Before They Consult You? An Expert Interview

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

September 3, 2019

A 2013 Pew Research Center and Internet Life Project report found that 59% of US adults said that they turned to the Internet regarding a health problem during the past year.

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