Healthcare

The Slow Steps of Progress: Health(care), Love(#wins), and Hate (Beyond a Flag)

Posted on July 20, 2015July 20, 2015 by Katelynn Carver

Random fact: I was born in South Carolina. My family isn’t from there. I don’t remember being there before we moved. I’ve visited maybe a handful of times since, but when I need a copy of my bir... Read More

Can Emotional Awareness Lead to Better Healthcare?

Posted on March 21, 2014March 20, 2014 by Tom Peteet

As a resident in the ICU, I’ve spent 160 hours over the last two weeks treating pneumonia, respiratory failure, alcohol withdrawal, and dozens of other diagnoses. I have spent less than precious few... Read More

Beyond a Corporate Model of Healthcare (Part I)

Posted on February 24, 2014February 23, 2014 by Tom Peteet

As a resident physician, I find it interesting that the most prominent public role models for medical humanism are all dead: Maimodedes, William Carlos Williams and Oliver Wendell Holmes come to mind ... Read More