fostering the humanistic practice of medicine publishing personal accounts of illness and healing encouraging health care advocacy

fostering the humanistic practice of medicine publishing personal accounts of illness and healing encouraging health care advocacy

December 2010

The Ancients Had It Right

Stanley H. Schuman In Aramaic scripture*, and Aboriginal Dreamtime.How else could animal life beginExcept by Divine Breath, oxygen-enriched?How ingenious! Only two atoms: O2,Ideal for hemoglobin, mitochondria, Neurotransmitters, ideal for fight or flight, for vocalizing, For clever humans to shape tools, split atoms, Compose opera, sow seeds, harvest grain. Consider my distress, in my just-opened pediatric office. Stumped by Angela, […]

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Food

Joanne Wilkinson I have a stress test nearly every year. I do this because my mother dropped dead of a heart attack when she was thirty-six, and now I am thirty-five. They stick EKG leads on me, and for weeks I have blotchy red circles on my skin where it’s reacted to the adhesive. I

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Lost in the Numbers

Donald Stewart A nurse entered the operating room; her eyes–the only part of her face visible above her surgical mask–held a look of mild distress. She stood quietly until the surgeon noticed her. “What is it?” he said. “It’s your patient in 208, Doctor. His pressure is 82.” “Systolic?” “Yes, Doctor.” The nurse was referring

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