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Informed consent: A reminder that each patient is different
Any procedure, from a lumbar puncture in the emergency department to a lung transplant operation, requires informed consent. This is when your physician sits down with you and explains the basics of...
View ArticleConnecting patients with loved ones, when COVID-19 keeps visitors away
During the COVID-19 pandemic, one challenge that I didn't anticipate was helping socially-distanced families connect with their gravely-ill loved ones, now that they can't visit the patient in-person...
View ArticleMedical interpreters: Building bridges of understanding
As an intern last year, I struggled to explain a life-threatening aneurysm to a patient whose first language wasn't English. I ended up summarizing the diagnosis as an "abnormal bubble on a blood...
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