by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 21, 2025 | A story from my life, burnout and professional fulfillment, ChatGPT, Dr. Douglas Beers, Featured Post, HIV care, Inequality in Healthcare, Legacy Health, Moral Injury, Primary Care, Social Determinants of Health
November 21, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Thoughts While Visiting Portland, Oregon Early last Monday, my wife and I were up before dawn in order to get to the airport in Manchester with plenty of time to make it through any unexpected barriers at TSA...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 20, 2024 | A personal history, burnout and professional fulfillment, Charles Handy, Creative Destruction, discontinuous change, Disruptive Innovation, Featured Post, healthcare under Trump, Lean, Moral Injury, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, The Triple Aim
December 20, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Advice From A Recently Departed Compassionate Guru Last Sunday, I was enjoying a slow day. I was sitting by the fireplace in my living room, which you can see in today’s header when I received a text from Marci...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 16, 2024 | Abortion, burnout and professional fulfillment, Declaration of Geneva, Denver Health, Dr. Patty Gabow, employed physicians, Featured Post, First Amendment implications for medical practice, Future of Heathcare, Hippocratic Oath, legal restrictions on medical practice, medical oaths, Medical Professionalism, Moral Injury, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, patient centered care, professional responsibilities in conflict with personal beliefs
August 16, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Our Professional Challenges Are Mounting Have you read the Hippocratic Oath? At about 2500 years old, it is a bit out of date, sort of long, probably not written by Hippocrates, and refers to gods that no longer...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 13, 2023 | A dysfunctional House, Atrius Health, burnout and professional fulfillment, Dr. Neil Berman, Empathy, Featured Post, Francis Peabody and "The Care of the Patient", Moral Injury, Social Determinants of Health, The conflict between Israel and Hamas, The New Hampshire presidential primary, The Personal Cost of Clinical Objectivity
October 13, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, A Break From My Story It has been a disturbing week. The events in Israel and Gaza surprised and horrified us all. One thing that I have come to appreciate listening to commentaries and to Secretary of State...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 14, 2023 | "Joy in Medicine?", American Medical Association, burnout and professional fulfillment, Chat GPT, Climate Crisis, Dr. Clifford Marks, Dr. David Samson, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Featured Post, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Sources of Motivation, Loneliness, Politics and Healthcare, postmodernism, Professional Satisfaction
July 14, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation as Factors in The Joy of Practice When I am walking or exercising, I enjoy listening to a variety of podcasts. Since I spend around two hours a day walking or riding an indoor or...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 5, 2023 | ACA, amoral realism, burnout and professional fulfillment, Christian Nationalism, compassion fatigue, David Brooks, diseases of despair, Equity, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Healthcare in Rural America, Social Determinants of Health, The Great Stone Face, The Soul, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
May 5, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Medicine and the Struggle For the Soul of America One of the members of my Monday morning book group is a woman who is a retired minister and hospital chaplain whose oldest daughter is a physician’s assistant...
