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Posted in Coronavirus, Death, Health Crisis, Illness
I know you haven’t heard from me in a while. Yeahhhhh, I’ve been busy. Such is life. However, I did not anticipate that my first post (finally) for 2020 would be about a devastating global pandemic.
The Crisis
The Coronavirus – COVID-19 – SARS-CoV-2 –
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I recently went to watch “Joker” one afternoon. The Joker had always intrigued me because of his level of gleeful depravity. I was interested in how this film would depict the most popular Batman villain. It didn’t hurt that Joaquin Phoenix was the star of the show.
I somewhat expected it.
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Posted in Docs Are People
Two women. Same fight.
From original works of art by Edwin Long (1829-1891)
Promotion and Demotion
The Biblical book of Esther is an interesting one. There are several theories as to whether the accounts are actually true, if Ahasuerus was Xerxes or Artaxerxes, and to the historical identities of Vashti and Esther.
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Posted in Docs Are People
We love (most of) our patients, but sometimes we need a break.
Margarita Mode
I told you recently that I was itching to write this post. Any hard worker would enjoy a true, well-deserved vacation.
A bonus doesn’t hurt either,
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Posted in Docs Are People
“Doctors are held to a higher standard”
There have been countless times when I’ve heard that statement. It’s some undocumented mantra applied to everything we do. We are expected to be the epitome of health – diabetes, cancer and obesity free. Additionally, we are scrutinized for how professionally we dressed,
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Posted in Mentorship
Photo by Jonathan Borba from Pexels
When a person we know dies, even if it’s just an acquaintance, there are a flood of emotions we may have – surprise or shock, sadness, disappointment, sometimes even anger.
Our reactions may depend on who that person was,
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Is death the result of the rule of threes?
The Myths…
There’s this belief – some might even call it a superstition – that death comes in threes.
But supposedly, so does luck (good or bad). Then there’s “third time’s the charm”, and “three strikes and you’re out”.
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