The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege for their work to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of armed conflict and I couldn’t be more elated. Nadia Murad and Dr. Denis Mukwege have “both put their own personal security at risk by courageously combatting war […]
Secretly Recording Doctors
Increasingly, I realize that I’m being audio-recorded when I’m interacting with my patients at their hospital bedside. I say realize, because the majority of the time I’m never asked. Sometimes it’s the patient recording. Other times it’s a family member in the room. In both scenarios I get upset. I feel violated. When it’s the […]
The Angry Patient
I think if I were a police officer and spoke about how I was abused by those I served, people would understand. It’s tough being a cop. You are not appreciated, you are vilified, and you are viewed as corrupt, yet all you ever wanted to do was to serve, protect, and help. If I […]
Surgical Complications including Infection from a Patient’s Viewpoint
Recently, I read a tale in the Washington Post titled “The surgeon said he could fix the injured arm. He had an odd definition of ‘fix’” in which the author described his harrowing 8 year surgical complications odyssey to repair a left distal radial fracture and elbow dislocation acquired when he fell off a ladder […]
Infectious Diseases in the News
My Twitter feed today is alive with so much infectious disease related news that I’m having a major ID NERD moment. Therefore I’m sharing! New AIDS-like Disease in Asians, Not Contagious This first news item made me wonder if I had fallen behind in my medical journal reading because it’s the first I am hearing […]
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