People are always throwing around the term “care coordination” when discussing patient care and how to optimize it. I was previously taught the importance of care coordination across a patient’s providers and between the health system and the community, but I have only recently witnessed firsthand how the lack of coordination within the health system […]
Telling a Patient She Has Terminal Cancer
One of the most difficult moments I’ve ever had was being on Internal Medicine and having a patient come in with terminal liver cancer, more specifically hepatocellular carcinoma. She had come to the hospital one month before with similar pain and left with a diagnosis of a ruptured ovarian cyst. When she came back with […]
When Pestilence Prevails
“When pestilence prevails, it is their duty to face the danger, and to continue their labors for the alleviation of the suffering people, even at the risk of their own lives.” –American Medical Association, Principles of Medical Ethics, 1903 I found this quote in a biomedical ethics textbook. It was presented as an example of […]
