For full BMJ article click on: Are you well controlled? PubMed citation: Are you well controlled? A patient’s perspective. Hendley J. BMJ. 2018 Nov 22;363:k3119.
Monthly Archives: November 2018
“The Doctor Is In”
A Special Tribute to Charles Schultz’s Peanuts by Leonard J. Hoenig, MD Since 1950, people of all ages have enjoyed the popular comic strip Peanuts created by the American cartoonist Charles Schultz (1922-2000). One of the endearing young children who … Continue reading
Why Nothing Works
More humanism and less science, that’s what medicine needs. But humanism is hard work, and so much of science is just Tinkertoy. Robertson Davies Why Nothing Works An Introduction to the Placebo New York Times, November 11, 2018 I have … Continue reading
Thoughts on Gawande’s “The Upgrade”
In the end, we are dependent upon the creatures we have made. Goethe The Upgrade (Full New Yorker Text) Why Doctor’s Hate Computers by Atul Gawande The New Yorker, November 12, 2018 Gawande’s thesis is that the electronic medical record … Continue reading
My Pediatrician
by Puja Nayak “Doctor,” I say, my voice fading. I hear footsteps running and shut my eyes. Hours later, I have a wire in me. I try and pull it out but my doctor stops me. “No, don’t do that … Continue reading