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What we can learn from a palliative care chaplain [PODCAST]“Faced with the prospect of not being able to provide all COVID-19 patients with the life support that they may need, physicians and nurses are...
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Pandemic behavioral health tips from a psychiatrist [PODCAST]“The unparalleled and pervasive nature of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic has touched all of us in some way. There is limited, albeit growing,...
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Spare older anesthesiologists COVID-19 coronavirus risk [PODCAST]“This pandemic presents a unique opportunity for senior anesthesiologists to see the benefit of accommodating the health care needs of our...
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Marriage and parenting tips in the year 2020 [PODCAST]“Recently, I realized that something needed to change in my family life. With three busy daughters at three different schools who participate in...
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An elegy for giant medical conventionsThe annual meeting of my profession’s national society last fall may have been the last old-school, convention-size, professional meeting I will...
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In these times of crisis, remember the Golden Rule [PODCAST]“We are in the midst of a crisis in humanity. While we are still dealing with COVID pandemic and its deleterious health, economic and societal...
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How racial issues affect both doctors and patients [PODCAST]How do racial issues affect patients’ physical and mental health, and how do we address them during regular visits? For those without the lived...
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Why a prison psychiatry rotation should be mandatory for all medical studentsMost incarcerated individuals — over 95 percent of them — will return to their communities. Medical students have a unique opportunity, as a part...
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Heroism and a global health COVID perspective [PODCAST]“We desperately want to be part of it. For most of us, this pandemic has tapped at a foundational, altruistic urge to do our part. Our friends...
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Participating in the greatest miracle a physician is privileged to be part ofAn excerpt from A Country Doctor Writes: CONDITIONS: Diseases and Other Life Circumstances. “Welcome back. How was your trip? Or exile … you were...
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Breaking bad news to patients when they are alone [PODCAST]“Today, we got called on a patient in the ICU who recently had a new brain mass removed surgically. The specimen came back positive for an...
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Pediatric emergency care during a time of strict social isolationI am a pediatric trained emergency physician working in a level 1 trauma center. Our region is not an epicenter for COVID-19. Like many...
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Giving birth during the COVID-19 pandemic: an obstetric anesthesiologist’s perspective [PODCAST]Thank you for listening to the podcast. There were some audio difficulties, which I hope you can overlook. It certainly does not take away from...
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Protect and serve. Do no harm. Both are failing.Protect and serve. Do no harm. These are covenants our public servants promise to us. Police officers and clinicians are both entrusted with...
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Ethical dilemmas in the pandemic era [PODCAST]“The donation of hydroxychloroquine, in contrast to the accompanying donation of 1,000 ventilators, is unethical as either humanitarian aid or as...
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How doctors can navigate the financial crisis [PODCAST]“Out of the blue, a new virus popped up, and ten weeks later, it is a pandemic. Within the last ten weeks, doctors have identified this new...
