Author: Edwin

Death Angel

The hospital where I practice is medium sized, in a semi-rural community. We see lots of medical illnesses and a fair amount of trauma. We also face our share of tragedy. But two weeks ago, it seemed like the death angel was...

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Describing the indescribable

Edwin Leap, MD www.edwinleap.com This piece was originally printed in Emergency Medicine News The 20 codes for EMS; describing the indescribable How many times have you heard this on the radio:  “Yeah, base, this is Medic 3, and...

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Medicine As Performance Art

Medicine is performance art. Make no mistake about it. When you walk into a patient’s room, you are on the stage. And you had better know your lines. We delude ourselves that this is all science. Oh, there’s science. But how...

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