In My Humble Opinion

Get out. It was not so much the words as the overall tone of the interaction.  The doctor-patient relationship had been generally affable...

“Dad . . . you can let go now.” Thomas heard his daughter’s voice from a distance. It awakened him from his reverie. He relived those f...

At first you'll query reality.  You will hear your own words, but they will be foreign; apart from you.  The ground will still reassurin...

If Thomas were to write his own eulogy, these surely wouldn’t be the five moments that he picked.  In fact, it’s s...

There are parts of medicine that are horrendous.  Moments too painful to recount.  Events that will break even the most innocent participant...

I have come to believe that humility is an essential component of wisdom.  Never have I found this more true than in the practice of medicin...

The phone is ringing. The phone is ringing. THE PHONE IS RINGING! I sometimes feel my heart race.  In the middle of the night.  When I...