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
As a newly minted medical school graduate, I am suddenly faced with much more responsibility. Now I must write...