The General of Your Family’s Healthcare
It’s cliché that good family doctors are approachable and even friendly. Since your family doctor probably less formal (deliberately so), and she takes care of almost every issue no matter how mundane it may seem, you might think that what she does is easy, less sophisticated or less deliberate than what other doctor’s do. Nothing … Read More
Why Leaving Any Medical School Means Leaving Medicine
Although it is theoretically possible that, if you quit one medical school, you could transfer to another school, in practical terms, that never happens If you did want to restart/transfer to another school here is what the student is facing: 1. Disprove the “can’t cut it” label that you acquired for quitting. 2. Convince your … Read More
Why it’s so hard to understand your doctor’s life
Everybody wants to know what it’s really like to be a doctor. However, it’s hard to get good information on the topic. That’s for at least two reasons: 1. The most common sources are not always accurate. Hollywood, publishers, and TV make their money by getting you to buy their stuff. The more sensational and … Read More
They claim to have value, but at what cost?
After reading what I have to say, some self-serving and ill-informed people will complain. They’ll say things like: “…not every malpractice attorney is like that.” “Some doctors need to be punished.” “Who else is going to stick up for the poor victims of the small minority of greedy, negligent, or incompetent doctors?” “The economic impact … Read More
Rebuilding the soul of healthcare (my dad taught me how)
My dad and modern healthcare would not get along I’m glad that my dad (Don Fish) is not around to see the modern healthcare industry. He would not be happy. Dad was a man of simple, radical integrity Don Fish was a man of subtle extremes. I’ve already mentioned that he was from West Texas, … Read More