I am honing my storytelling craft after thirty years as an emergency physician, mother, and observer of the human condition. I will be creating new entries and pulling in some of my published works. Thanks for coming along.
After Emergency Medicine…
#19 Can Doctors Avoid Complications?
When Atul Gawande published Complications in 2002, the fallibilities in our medical system was a tabu topic. I review this classic that seems even more relevant today than ever.
#18 How I Became the Christmas Doctor
It was just a good deed that I did every year. I became the Christmas Doctor.
#17 Have Doctors Stopped Listening? A Book Review
I review Dr. Lisa Sanders’ book: Every Patient Tells a Story. She is an accomplished storyteller and academic. The decline and fall of the history and physical are illustrated through various “mysterious case studies”
#16 How Becoming a Mother Made me a Better Doctor
I never thought twice about giving children their medications until my own son got ill. This mother’s lesson taught me a thing or two.