Aspiring Minority Doctor

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Okay, now I'll admit I've done a horrible job of keeping up with the blog lately especially given that this is only my fifth post of the year, but today is still super special for me. Somehow in between all the operating, I was even able to submit an academic book chapter and keep up with my academics as well.

Medical Student 52

Medical Student IT Medical Individual 52

StorytellERdoc

MARCH 18, 2020

Being an ER physician facing this dilemma on the front lines of a large emergency and trauma center, I am also bearing witness to the more daunting picture of this dilemma--the mental and physical effects Covid-19 is having on our patients as well as on all of us. Four, don't underestimate the power of a good book and a great song.

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ER Illness Physicals Provider 100

GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

My voice is nothing special. I’m originally an ER physician. I’d been doing ER medicine for over a decade when I went back to palliative fellowship. What’s your favorite book? There’s a small book called Music and Creativity in Healthcare Settings written by Hilary Moss. Alex 09:00 Not true.

IT 98

IT Patient-Centered Patients Board-Certified 98

GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

And a doc over in Spain named Monica Lalanda, who is an ER doc and also a cartoonist, reached out to me and said you don’t have to do this anonymously. She has a book out. She also has a book out, shout out those folks. So I got back into it anonymously. I started making cartoons, occasionally I would post them online.

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IT Hospital Patients Illness 145

GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

And welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Ira Byock, who is a author and well-known, has written several books about hospice, inspired many to go into the field, and is the founder of- Ira: The Institute for Human- Alex: The Institute for Human Caring. Every time she has a change in level of consciousness, she has to go to the ER.

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IT Provider Patients Family 115

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Her most recent book is Elderhood. So elderly people who aspirated, got pneumonia, had an mi, didn’t get hauled off to the emergency room on an ambulance crew so they could die in the ER. He made it very clear that he called me by looking my number up in the phone book. That makes it really special for them and for me.

Patients 98

Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98