by allencurreri | Aug 17, 2017 | Medical Technology
A nurse returns from her lunch break to see a commotion around one of her patients’ rooms. As she watches, the doctor on call strides down the hallway, speaking urgently to another nurse. They disappear into the room. Hastily dropping her bag onto her station, the...
by allencurreri | May 10, 2017 | Diagnostic Aids, Health
What is a doctor to a patient? A tried and proven expert? A bastion of medical knowledge? Only the terminally jaded doubt the motives of most who take up our oldest, noblest professions; generally, patients see doctors as genuine purveyors of health, people who...
by allencurreri | Dec 20, 2016 | Health, Mindfulness
It’s ironic that although we rely on doctors to care for our health, they are rarely able to devote the same time to their own — least of all their mental health. We’ve talked before about the incredible stresses that doctors face every day, stresses that can’t help...
