January 2011
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Random thought
I’m writing a paper for a public health class, and my topic is mental health in children of immigrant parents. Sometimes I worry that I’m secretly a narcissist because my interests in public health have deep roots in personal experience. Then again, who better to solve a social problem than those who know it best? Anyway, that’s not the random thought. My random thought is that...
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What makes someone a real doctor?
A recent Ethics and Professionalism small group discussion has got me wondering, “What makes a real doctor, anyway?” Part of our discussion centered around placebos and whether it is ethical for physicians to knowingly provide treatments that probably don’t have a direct biochemical effect. (Note the many qualifiers in that sentence.) Someone made the assertion that doing so...
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1/8 MD!
First semester of first year. Over! I can’t believe how quickly it went by. I feel like I always get asked, “How’s school?” Always. And I honestly never really know what to say, because actually, I’m often not really sure how well it’s all going. I reflexively say something generic (“Good!”) and change the subject (or, more awkwardly, say nothing...