Is More Medical Testing Better?
“I think this patient needs a CT scan of her chest,” the consulting physician said to me over the phone. “Her...
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When Doctors Are Wrong
As medical students and resident physicians gain experience they also gain knowledge and confidence. Consequently,...
Revisiting The House of God
Dr. Stephen Bergman, a psychiatrist, published his now-famous satirical novel The House of God under the pseudonym...
A Tour of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
I have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes back with rustling shade And...
The Purpose of Medicine
American medicine is not well. Though it remains the most widely respected of professions, though it has never been...