I believe one of the communication gaps in physician-patient interactions is a result of physicians focusing on the disease, rather than the patient with the disease. It is no surprise that the same disease can affect patients across the spectrum very differently, and understanding how the problem affects each individual patient’s life is essential to […]
Perspective from the Surgical Patient’s Side
These past few months have been mentally, emotionally, and physically tolling for me as I dealt with a Baker’s cyst that was refractory to aspiration x 2 and conservative treatments. I ended up having to undergo knee surgery for it, and was amazed by all the things I had missed serving on the provider side, […]
Book Review – Strangers Drowning
“Being ethical was not about being pure, he realized; it was caring about suffering.” Strangers Drowning was a read outside of the realm of genres I am accustomed to and was suggested by the professor of a Public Health ethics course I took several months ago. It covers the philosophical concept of the “do-gooder” the […]
