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Injecting Drugs can ruin a heart - how many second chances should a user get? A life-threatening heart infection afflicts a growing number of people who inject opioids or meth. Costly surgery can fix it, but the addiction often goes unaddressed.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoOctober 3, 2018Topics: Addiction / Bias / Compassion Fatigue / Guilt & Shame / Provider-Patient RelationshipKeywords: addiction / bias / ethics / resource allocation / surgery

#metoo hits medicine Sexual inappropriateness abounds at all levels of medicine and medical training, although there has been a shift generationally. Here's a look at some perspectives of the "culture" of medicine.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoFebruary 21, 2018Topics: Bias / sexismKeywords: bias / medicine / sexism / surgery / Women

Murderer in the Mirror by Scott Eggener A surgeon recalls the devastation of the first time a patient died on the operating table.

Contributor: Adam SapersteinAugust 15, 2015Topics: Death&Dying / Grief / Guilt & Shame / LossKeywords: death / dying / Guilt / loss / shame / surgery

Failure and Rescue by Atul Gawande The difference between good and great healthcare is not fewer mistakes, it is more rescues.

Contributor: AdminJanuary 19, 2015Topics: UncertaintyKeywords: catastrophe / complex / complicat / error / failure / future / geriatric / Holocaust / humility / mistake / rescue / risk / surgery / uncertain

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