Recent Articles
August 06, 2010
When a teen-age boy disguises his true intention to receive a Viagra prescription, the author reflects on relationships and reading between the lines.
June 16, 2010
The comfort of a clinician's home visit is immeasurable to patients who wish to live their last days in their own home.
April 27, 2010
When the author is invited to speak to a local boy scout troop, he uses poetry to find a pathway in to a difficult subject.
February 25, 2010
An encounter with a patient last seen 6 years previously reminds the author that there's no escaping grief. It always catches up with us.
December 29, 2009
The author reflects that no matter how many times he has examined a child who has been abused, the experience doesn't get any easier.
October 28, 2009
The author reflects on just how much he has left to learn about how a disease can impact the lives of those who suffer from it.
August 20, 2009
A teen-age patient presents with fatigue and malaise. Her vague symptoms do not lead to a diagnosis, but the poem gleaned from her care is a treasured gift.
June 09, 2009
The author reflects on how deceiving outward appearances can be after watching the interaction between a little girl and her disfigured parent.
April 06, 2009
I take another sip of coffee and recall the words of yesterday's e-mail: "My father will be having heart surgery tomorrow morning to replace a damaged aortic valve and repair the mitral valve."
February 20, 2009
"There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love."