Musings of a Distractible Mind
Thoughts of an odd, but not harmful primary care physician.
Time to lighten things up. Since I am a bit weary (and more than a bit lazy), I’ll repost one of my favorites: ————— Well, let’s get this thing off the ground. Right off the bat, Awesome Mom asked in incredibly good question: “Why does my husband think that putting ketchup on tacos is a [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.I’ve been getting a lot of traffic lately…and a lot of comments. Perhaps you’ve noticed. Overall I see this as a good thing; I write to be read, not to be a voice echoing in the virtual void. I want to share my thoughts and ideas and enjoy my interaction with people, even those who [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.I’ve been practicing for sixteen years now, doing both internal medicine and pediatrics. One of the joys of that is watching kids under my care grow up and not having to give up their care just because they get older. The spectrum is wide, with some kids growing up in “normal” families with “normal lives,” [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.For those who greet doctors with snarls You should go and read Dr. CharlesHe writes with both thought and compassionAnd his stories can really be smashin’ And if there’s a poet inside youBut accolades have been denied youThen send him your very best versesYou patients and doctors and nurses This contest should give motivationYour [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.It’s not our fault Getting Along (Part 1): Doctor Rules Favorite Shame Dear Insensitive Person How to Be A Good Patient Ask Dr Rob: Resilience Joi De Vivre An Open Letter to Consultants These are a sampling of older posts that highlight the fact that I feel the patient, not the doctor, is the center [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.A thought struck me when reading an excellent post on Warmsocks’ blog. The vast majority of responses to my recent posts on doctor/patient relations have been positive. Yet a vocal minority of people have read what I wrote in a negative light – that I am somehow projecting my doctor arrogance into those posts and [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.I was planning on leaving behind the seriousness of the past few posts and going back to my usual inane writing, but some of the comments have made it too hard for me to keep quiet. The response has been largely positive, and overall it has been overwhelming. More people have read or commented on [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.I went to a patient’s funeral this past weekend. I generally don’t do that for people whose relationship I’ve built in the exam room. It’s a complex set of emotions, but invariably some family member will start telling others what a nice doctor I am and how much the person had liked me as a [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Dear Patients: You have it very hard, much harder than most people understand. Having sat for 16 years listening to the stories, seeing the tiredness in your eyes, hearing you try to describe the indescribable, I have come to understand that I too can’t understand what your lives are like. How do you answer the [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.OK, I am an EMR fan-boy, I will admit it. I seem real “rah rah” in my approach to computers in the exam room, and to many I seem to have my head in the clouds; I seem to be out of touch with reality. In response to posts I have written on the subject, [...]
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