School's Out

Quickie update for y'all. I'll be stepping away from the blog for the next 3-4 weeks. All the content will be still be up and I welc...

So You Want To Write A Killer Blog Post

You've found your muse and chosen your voice. Now you need the content. After my last piece  garnered hundreds (plus dozens!)   of ...

Guest Post: Palliative Care Theatre, Episode 2!

While I'm polishing off a book manuscript this week, once again I cede medical-political blogging duties to Dr. Darren Cargill , for ano...

A Glossary Of Health Care Jargon

These are dark times for health care everywhere. I'm here to help you decipher the terms. We keep hearing it: budgets are tight; ...

Hippocratic Proctology?

Way too much medical-political news lately, from the taxation issues in Canada to the fiasco in the U.S. Senate. Thought I'd lighten the...

Arrivederci Twitter

Some time away in the beauty and splendor of Italy was come il cacio sui maccheroni . Even the heat of July, Italy might be the most...

Hey, A Cross-Post!

Healthcare and Humanity , a website with some terrific reader-contributed stories from the healthcare trenches, solicited doctors' ...

Storytelling In Medicine: Spoken Or Written?

A simple rule of thumb for sharing your best medical anecdote. As I noted in the introduction , there are good reasons to share your sto...