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The Wall Street Journal Asked Where Did all the Classy American Go?
Just over a year ago I became concerned about our widespread incivility.In reading ,”Where Did All the Classy Americans Go”, (April 29.) I understand I am not alone. I read that the F—word is used 22,177 times per year on streaming channels. This was up from 500 ten years earlier. I wrote of a physician…
Read MoreEHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME AND THE MEDICAL GASLIGHTING OF WOMEN
The recent editorial by Suzanne O’Sullivan “We Are Turning Too Many People Into Medical Patients” WSJ March 17 is of great concern to those of us who endeavor to come to the aide of patients suffering from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). EDS was discovered over one hundred years ago and not a recent,1990, malady as suggested…
Read MoreAbraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1966, Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, “Of all forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in physical death. I see no alternative to direct action and creative nonviolence to raise the conscience of the nation. April is a month to remember the…
Read MoreMy new short story collection Sickos, Psychos and Saints Available now!
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Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal Interviews Dr. Olaf Kroneman during the Coronavirus Pandemic
https://www.wsj.com/articles/detroit-kidney-doctor-wouldnt-abandon-patients-amid-coronavirus-11586943000
Read MoreAPOL1 Nephropathy-The Cause of Kidney Failure in Black Patients
In 1966, Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, “Of all forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in physical death. I see no alternative to direct action and creative nonviolence to raise the conscience of the nation.” -There are 500,000 dialysis patients in the United…
Read MoreAn Old Doctor Reading Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine for the Last time
An Old Doctor Reading Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine for the Last time Ethical Issues in Clinical Medicine Chapter 8 In 1973 medical ethics did not take up a chapter. Little was said about the subject. Dr. Howard Brody was one of the first to bring this to the forefront in the late…
Read MoreAN OLD DOCTOR READS HARRISON’S PRINCIPLE’S OF INTERNAL MEDICINE FOR THE LAST TIME-CHAPTER 7 RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE
An Old Doctor Reading Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine for the Last time Racial Disparities in Health Care-Chapter 7 I entered medical school in 1973, the Tuskegee Syphilis Study ended in 1972. The professors who interviewed me to ascertain if I was of sound moral character to be a doctor were ignorant of or…
Read MoreAN OLD DOCTOR READING HARRISON’S PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICNE FOR THE LAST TIME
An Old Doctor Reading Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine for the Last time Chapter 6 Safety and Quality of Healthcare More on safety. There are many factors that have influenced improvement and safety in medicine but in my opinion the most important and effective were the routine autopsy and the predatory sleazy malpractice plaintive attorney.…
Read MoreON READING HARRISON’S PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE FOR THE LAST TIME — CHAPTER 6
On Reading Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine for the Last time Chapter 6 Safety and Quality of Healthcare As a medical student in 1973 I believed the safety and quality of healthcare rested with the individual physician. If the physician was trained properly quality would be assured. I studied and exposed myself to as much…
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