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The Very Important Person (VIP) and the Headache Medicine Physician
Author(s) -
Evans Randolph W.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/head.13751
Subject(s) - alternative medicine , medicine , family medicine , psychology , pathology
Headache medicine specialists often treat VIPs but little is known about whether these encounters are different than with other patients. Questions considered include who is a VIP, should you treat a VIP like any other patient, and what are the challenges and advantages? A non‐random sampling of comments is presented from headache medicine specialists. Eleven principles are presented to consider in these encounters.