among the parents and children, flung together in a hell of prolonged farewell, wandered forever the ministering vampires from laboratory, sucking samples from bones and veins to see how went with each the enemy that had marked them all… They … Read More »
Seggie J. Revitalising professionalism. S. Afr. Med. J. 2011 Aug.;101(8):508–509. PMID 21920118 This is yet another cracker from R&R in the Fast Lane via Sa’ad Lahri. There’s not a chance I would have found this paper otherwise so go check it out. … Read More »
Ethics is tricksy. No way round it. There are lots of reasons for that, the type of thing that keeps philosophy and ethics departments in good work. Approaches to ethics in med school are always going to be hopelessly inadequate, … Read More »
Did you see this? Atul Gawande’s speech at commencement at Harvard Medical school a few weeks back. If you want something to go well with it then read this by David Brooks in the NY Times. If you want something … Read More »
[Title referencing this song, of course. Back from when I used to title every blog post by song titles. Previously posted over here] [If you’ve sat and talked to me lately you’ll realise that this has been floating round my head … Read More »