Judging by the Source
“Mom, who made the first people?” he asks me sweetly. It is already nine o’clock and well past his bedtime. Blah, blah, blah, I stumble a bit then build up to “people came from monkeys.” “Nah,” he says and gives me a sly smile as if I’m trying to trick him. My “really, they do!” … Continue reading
Slow Medicine
Time heals all wounds, they say, or, in medicine, if not all, then many. But with our improved efficiency and throughput of patients, we fail to allow this most magical treatment to work. The pace and intensity of medicine has increased exponentially over the past several decades. We see more doctors, have more procedures, take … Continue reading
Five Things
“What are you looking for?” I asked my supervising attending physician. I had been the intern on the bone marrow transplant service for less than a week. “Which numbers are important?” I wanted to know. “You listen every day as I rattle off hundreds of numbers in a few minutes, with no emphasis or pause, … Continue reading
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