Category Archives: Science and reason

Mandatory flu vaccination for medical staff: a physician’s objection

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Dear readers, Below is a letter from one of my dearest friends to his hospital administration.  This year, the administration has mandated Influenza vaccination.  Short of a few accepted exemptions, it is a requirement for continued medical staff participation by … Continue reading →

Faith and science often seen working together

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This is my column in today’s Greenville News. I hope you enjoy it. Edwin   http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20120812/OPINION/308120004/Faith-science-often-seen-working-together?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|p This has been a terrible summer in many ways.  A time of loss from fires in Colorado.  Continued sporadic deaths of US combat troops … Continue reading →

Homo Sapiens Entitlus: a species emerges

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Homo Sapiens Entitlus:  a species emerges There is a staggering degree of entitlement mentality that wanders through America’s emergency departments.  In the 19 years since I finished residency, it has grown in ways I could never have foreseen.  It seems … Continue reading →

Self-evident truth in medicine

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Some things in medicine are obvious.  Despite the endless worship of ‘evidence-based’ medicine, and the constant barrage of studies on every conceivable topic, we do certain things because we know they just seem right.  I take as evidence the fact … Continue reading →

EMR crash…the rise of the robots!

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EMR crash…the rise of the robots! Yesterday was nearly cataclysmic. Sitting in the emergency department, tapping merrily away on my computer (the main consumer of my time), it suddenly said: ‘Fatal error, program will shut down.’ It happens, no big … Continue reading →

Click, click: the sound of modern medicine

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This is my March EM News column. We live in the age of EMR. An age in which it’s almost impossible to work in a hospital or clinic setting without the endless tap of keys as the metronomic background to … Continue reading →