Author: Edwin

The joys of rural practice

RURAL PRACTICE I practice in the rural, northwest corner of South Carolina, also known as “The Upstate.”  It is a place of expansive lakes, white-water rivers and the mist covered foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The area...

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Our Kids in New York

My wife and I have been in New York City for the past several days.  Our trip came about because I was invited, by the good folks at Consumer Reports, to a meeting of medical bloggers.  I’ll write more about that in the...

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The blind spot

“What kind of mother would I be if I left my son here and went home?”  Reba asked me this with tears in her eyes.  In the midst of a busy shift in the emergency room, it was a question I could not answer.  Her son Jacob, in his...

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