Shifting Closer to “Where Science, Humanity and Art Converge”

A goal is a dream with a deadline. -multiple Internet attributions. I have a new job, one that I … More

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Fast Food Nation: When Customer Service Competes with Patient Safety

Calculating chemotherapy doses by surface area (m2) or kilograms was a smooth transition for me, a former pediatric intensive care … More

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A Member of the New Uninsured Apologizes to President Obama

In previous posts, I propound Universal Access to health care. I’m not particularly attached to whether states individually create their models, … More

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Elementary My Dear Watson, Ambulatory Care Is a Specialty

I almost shouted, “No Sh*#t Sherlock,” at Medscape when I saw the article Ambulatory Care Nursing: Yes, It’s a Specialty, by Laura … More

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A Response to The Torture Memos

Many people have their lives saved daily by surgeons who have learned the discipline of doing the unthinkable in … More

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Health Insurance Advice for the Newly Unemployed

There is an informative article in today’s NY Times by Lesley Alderman that lists resources for families and individuals who … More

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Follow Up : A Personal Response to Moral Distress in Health Care

In my post A Personal Response to Moral Distress in Health Care (Feb. 7, 2009), I describe events … More

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A Personal Response to Moral Distress in Health Care

This morning I visited Pauline Chen MD’s Well blog at the NY Times on-line to read comments posted to her … More