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…
#131 Honoring our Legacy
My review of a great medical memoir and introductory lesson on the racial inequities of the American medical system. To understand how to improve, we can read this book to understand where we are now. Highly recommend
#130 How the Patriarchy Shaped Medicine
#129 It’s a Wonderful World in New York City
Our family braved a cold New York city weekend to see “A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical.” Read my review and a few suggestions for a trip to the Big Apple.
#128 Should Doctors and Nurses Love their Patients?
Doctors and nurses have some challenging interactions with some of their patients. What is we could change our thoughts and feel love? It helps with improved empathy and renewed curiosity for our patient’s problems. Most of all, thoughts of love feel so much better for the clinician than resentment, frustration, and cynicism. Can we love our patients as ourselves?