Healthcare Musings: March 22, 2024

Healthcare Musings: March 22, 2024

March 22, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   The Shortest Friday Letter Ever   As directed, my wife and I arrived at 9:15 at the Dartmouth same-day surgical unit last Monday.  The process was very smooth. I was given a hospital gown, little booties, and a paper...
Healthcare Musings For March 8, 2024

Healthcare Musings For March 8, 2024

March 8, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   A Better Understanding of Moral Injury   My long journey this year exploring the origins of my medical-moral sensibilities was inspired by an article that first appeared in the Sunday New York Times Magazine last June...
Healthcare Musings For February 16, 2024

Healthcare Musings For February 16, 2024

February 16, 2024 Dear Interested Readers   Medical Ethics, Access, and Personal Experience   There are huge variations in care in America’s healthcare system. One has a different experience in quality, cost, and access, depending on your location and your...
Healthcare Musings For December 22, 2023

Healthcare Musings For December 22, 2023

December 22, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   A Reader’s Response   Sometimes when I am writing these notes I wonder if I am writing to myself. It can feel as if I am talking into a closet, and then I get an email that lets me know that there is at least one...
Healthcare Musings For September 8, 2023

Healthcare Musings For September 8, 2023

September 8, 2023  Dear Interested Readers,   Moving On With My Story   In retrospect, internships are a transition from mostly watching as a medical student to progressive hands-on doing. The residency years were a surprise to me because I had to back away...
Healthcare Musings For September 1, 2023

Healthcare Musings For September 1, 2023

September 1, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   After 60 Years, Dr. King’s Dream Has Not Come True   If you read these notes regularly, you probably realize that I consider Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. one of our greatest American heroes. There were many...