As a Jewish physician practicing medicine in 2009, I hardly ever pay attention to my religious affiliation. But in the years before World War II, at my institution and at other medical schools, Judaism was very much on people’s minds. Informal quotas ...
When Libby Zion died 25 years ago this week, no one would have guessed that her case would change history. But it did. The efforts of her bereaved and furious father, Sidney Zion, set into a motion a series of reforms to the system of medical education ...
Polio may seem like a distant memory. But thousands of people still live with the effects of the disease every day. And many are only in their 60s. One of them is Sharon Stern. In 1954, at age 9, she developed the dreaded "summer plague." Although she ...
Polio may seem like a distant memory. But thousands of people still live with the effects of the disease every day. And many are only in their 60s. POET, TUTOR Sharon Stern breathes with a respirator. Sharon Stern in an iron lung. One of them is ...
NEW YORK: The urology rotation during my third year of medical school might best be described as a boys' club, often characterized by infighting, one-upmanship and sexual humor. It was a little off-putting to many students, but always entertaining. So ...
The urology rotation during my third year of medical school might best be described as a boys’ club, often characterized by infighting, one-upmanship and sexual humor. It was a little off-putting to many students, but always entertaining. So imagine ...
A young doctor sat down with a terminal lung cancer patient and her husband to discuss the woman's gloomy prognosis. The patient began to cry. Then the doctor did, too. The scene was undoubtedly moving. But should physicians display this much emotion ...
NEW YORK: Lucy, one of my longtime patients, has a neurological ailment she believes I have been unable to adequately diagnose. Although I hope to make further progress on her case, I have also told her that there may never be a definitive answer. Not ...
Lucy, one of my longtime patients, has a neurological ailment she believes I have been unable to adequately diagnose. Although I hope to make further progress on her case, I have also told her that there may never be a definitive answer. Not ...
Most sickle cell anemia patients do not live long enough to span generations of doctors. But Gladys Jacobs was around when I was a medical resident in the 1980s, and she is around now. Her career — as a patient and an activist — demonstrates how the ...
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