It must be Kismet. A patient, who I hadn’t seen for over a year, returned for evaluation after developing a medical complication. Three weeks before, he entered a private specialty hospital for a total knee replacement. After suffering with arthritis in his knee for over five years he stated that, “Enough was enough.” He went […]
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Tag Archives: Medicine
The Gift*
October 14, 2010 
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We can still remember that first anatomy class in medical school. Everything up to that point was abstract—on paper, or PowerPoint, or plastic laminate “mnemonic” cards—all intended to plug gaps in our medical knowledge. Professors stood in front and tried to help us connect the dots of Krebs’s cycles, Korotkoff’s sounds, or how to classify […]
Continue readingIt Hurts To A Point
October 3, 2010 5 Comments
“When Touch is Both Healing and Hurtful”
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September 22, 2010 0 Comments
“Five minutes a day keeps the doctor away”
Continue readingJumping to Conclusions
September 8, 2010 1 Comment
“When receiving care is not the whole story”
Continue readingDoctor, Doctor Give Me the News
August 29, 2010 1 Comment
“Where power to the patient becomes possible”
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