The Signs Are All Around Us
This one goes out to the late, great Andy Rooney. I’m just old enough to remember Rooney…
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Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, Dr. James Mitchiner wrote in ACEP News (August 2012) that he was committed to single... -
The Signs Are All Around Us
This one goes out to the late, great Andy Rooney. I’m just old enough to remember Rooney... -
Culture of silence
I believe it all started in the weeks following the 9/11 attacks. The transformation was subtle at...
Culture of silence
I believe it all started in the weeks following the 9/11 attacks. The transformation was subtle at…
Can emergency physician stress lead to bigger problems?
A video made the rounds late last year that showed a truck running through a parking lot…
EBM and the ‘Five Stages of Grief’
If you have ever been confronted by an Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) “zealot,” you know that we can…
Profit in health care
At the root of the debate over ObamaCare is the Marxist notion that all profit is waste,…
The Incomplete Macro Manifesto
As Anton Chekhov wrote, “One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one…
Evaluating pain
Pain is supposed to be the fifth vital sign. How we evaluate it now is just a…
Are shorter work hours for medical interns harming patients?
Can health reporting in the popular press get any worse? Every time I think it has reached…
Feedforward
“Any feedback for me?” Shelly, my resident, is wrapping up a successful intern year in the emergency…
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, Dr. James Mitchiner wrote in ACEP News (August 2012) that he was committed to single…