In My Humble Opinion

A primary care physician's thoughts on medicine and life.

Monday, January 25, 2016

Alarm Fatigue

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I felt like the stack of charts rose past my head and all the way to the ceiling.  I pulled out my pen, opened the first, and started charti...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Doctors, He Felt, Were No Longer Helping People

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It was never his intention that the name would stick.  A decade ago, when he first began working in the restaurant, some of his fellow emplo...
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Monday, December 7, 2015

What I Believe The Public Should Know About Clinicians

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The daughter of the patient walked out of the room livid.  She was convinced that the nurse had no business taking care of patients.  She se...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

The Anatomy Of A Home Death Without Hospice

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Although his family was convinced that it was the metastatic prostate cancer that would eventually lead to his demise, I had my doubts.  His...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Be The Protagonist

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I have said many times that we tell the stories about our own lives that make it bearable, or better yet magical, mystical.  I often use the...
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Saturday, November 14, 2015

Building

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I have been thinking a lot lately about a dream I had as a first year medical student. My father is standing besides my brothers.  We’re a...
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Friday, November 6, 2015

For The Most Part, We Get It Right.

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I have two refrigerators. The full size, expensive version, sits in the usual location in the kitchen.   The small black one rests idly...
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Jordan Grumet
Jordan is an Internal Medicine physician practicing in Northbrook, Illinois.
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