Author: Edwin

Dictation gone terribly wrong

I came to work in the emergency department yesterday morning and found taped above our communal desk.  It concerned a chart I had dictated the day before.  The note, from the transcriptionist, said: ‘If it were possible to...

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What's the point?

What’s the point? The radio at the desk carried the same story as always, in faintly static words, as if to echo the faintly static thoughts of everyone involved:  ‘25-year-old female patient with suicide attempt.’  She had...

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Tyranny of the elderly

This is a column I put in the Greenville News a few years ago. I think it’s still relevant, and wanted to put it out again. It concerns just how mean folks can be when they get old and grumpy. Not demented, mind you, just...

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