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By David Cooke, MD “Mr. Jones’ chest x-ray looks normal.” the intern said to me on morning rounds. Mr. Jones just had a transhiatal esophagectomy or THE. The esophagus is
By David Cooke, MD “Mr. Jones’ chest x-ray looks normal.” the intern said to me on morning rounds. Mr. Jones just had a transhiatal esophagectomy or THE. The esophagus is
By Noura M. Dabbouseh, M.D. We speak of everyday decisions in terms of “cost-benefit” analyses. Many of our patients can’t afford a healthy meal, let alone a hefty hospital bill, thus
By Anonymous There is a saying in the world of education, “You have to care to teach.” Why is it then in healthcare, a profession of and about caring, we
By Kelley Cosgrove A few years ago, as I prepared for neurosurgery, a nurse who worked there told me, “Spend as little time in the hospital as possible, because the
By Ali Khoshnevi, MD My brother and I, both optometrists, had a heart-to-heart discussion about the loss of one of our patients. We discovered he was not taking his medications as prescribed,
By Christi Lucus, RN, BSN It was July 2012 and I was pregnant with my third child. As an experienced mother and labor and delivery nurse, I felt very comfortable at 29