Posts by Olaf Kroneman
Detroit Heroic (TM)
My novel Detroit Heroic is going through its final edits. It won’t be long. You can read the first chapter HERE.
Read MoreEverybody Loves the Foodman
I feed the starving. I feed the dying. I’m no Mother Teresa, but the act of feeding the unfortunates who can’t eat appeals to me. How could you not like the person who feeds you? You don’t bite the hand. I feed people, patients, whose stomachs are diseased or destroyed; destroyed by rare diseases, infections,…
Read MoreLittle Big Crimes The best mystery story I read this week…
“Milquetoast,” by Olaf Kroneman, in The Strand Magazine, October 2018/January 2019. Chances are you have met someone a bit like Colin Anderson. Chances are you didn’t enjoy it much. He’s the kind of middle-aged guy who invites you to dinner and makes you look at pictures of his championship college lacrosse team. Oh joy. Colin…
Read MoreEverybody Likes A Fat Man
My story of weight loss can be found as part of a short story collection in Conclave 2018 “The Trickster’s Song” It can be purchased on Amazon.
Read MoreThe Detroit Veterans Hospital
Click Here To read my story of the Veteran’s Hospital on eveningstreetpress.com !
Read MoreWhat Emily Post Has To Teach Us About Cultural Competency in the Clinical Encounter
In my essay “Fighting to Heal,” I described my relationship with a former prizefighter who must undergo a kidney transplant. There was some concern about his ability to trust the medical establishment but the fears were allayed by the patient’s trust in me. My boxing background and familiarity with its culture helped in my solid doctor–…
Read MoreMedicine’s First Responders: The Unselfish Dedication of Nurses
In the interest of patient care the Massachusetts Nurses Association seeks legislation to put a limit on the number of patients assigned to an individual nurse. They request one nurse to care for four patients in the non-ICU setting and a one to one ratio in the ICU. A recent editorial in The Wall Street…
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