When Doctors Are Wrong
As medical students and resident physicians gain experience they also gain knowledge and confidence. Consequently,...
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The Distortion of “Death with Dignity”
I recently wrote a short essay for Public Discourse about the “death with dignity” movement. In the piece,...
Revisiting The House of God
Dr. Stephen Bergman, a psychiatrist, published his now-famous satirical novel The House of God under the pseudonym...
Managing Expectations
“Yes. But could I endure such a life for long?” the lady went on fervently, almost frantically. “That’s the...
Becoming Cynical, Part 4
I have written quite a bit about why physicians become cynical (see here, here, and here). What follows are...
CPR in the Hospital, Part 2
With what strife and pains we come into the world we know not, but ’tis commonly no easy matter to get out of it....
Death and ‘The Death of Ivan Ilyich’
There is much in Leo Tolstoy’s frightening and brilliant story The Death of Ivan Ilyich that is relevant to my...
CPR in the Hospital
Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour’s voice provoke the silent...