Tag: medicine
The Contagion of Fear – the Coronavirus Pandemic and Medicine
We are currently in the grip of a worldwide panic over COVID-19, or 2019-nCoV, the novel coronavirus pandemic.
As I write, supermarkets are being stripped of essentials like toilet paper...
A Doctor’s Wife
I met a beautiful man several years ago and we fell in love instantly. He was not working as a doctor when we met but he had always wanted...
Why bring love into medicine?
The words love and medicine are rarely used in the same sentence. Not many people say they love taking their medicine. Not many doctors say they love practising medicine....
This is Going to Hurt
One of the joys of having a Christmas/New Year break is having the time and space to read. I recently read a book called: “This is Going to Hurt:...
The Fragmentation of Medicine
I have witnessed many changes within medicine over the last 30 years – one of which has been the increasing fragmentation of medicine despite the increased focus on the...
Are you trapped in time, or surrendered to space?
I used to live life ruled by time. I was not a very obedient subject, and was always running late, but it ruled me, nonetheless.
My problem with time became...
Falling in and out of love with medicine
I loved studying medicine as a medical student. I was so curious to know how the body worked – how this bit interacted with that bit, what was needed...
A love letter to medical students
I love training medical students. They bring me great joy and as they are one of the most under-appreciated groups of people in any hospital or medical practice, I...
The joy of training medical students
I love training medical students; they bring me great joy.
Medicine is an apprenticeship system and the time-honoured approach of “see one, do one, teach one” has stood the test...
The power of communication in medicine
Medicine has a language all of its own – a combination of Ancient Greek, Latin, people’s names, made-up words and acronyms – but what is the purpose of that...
