I answered without hesitation.“Sure, I'll try to see her tomorrow.” A typical hospital corridor
consultation? Not quite. We were in the Powell River General Hospital, but not in the …

She sits in bed, propped up by two pillows, wearing a white hospital gown, staring out of the
window. Her fingers pick at something—is it a tissue?—listlessly, distractedly. I've been told …

Story 1: I did a good part of my residency at a public hospital in St. Louis. The hospital was in
what was then called “a bad part of town,” with all that implied: an economically depressed …

for this frail physical being was an exercise to get my mind in shape. What a contrast in
health and spirit: a worn-out shell versus a sharp consciousness! There is a duality of …

GEORGE W. SLEDGE JR., MD, Ballve-Lantero Professor of Oncology and Professor of
Medicine and Pathology at Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, was ASCO President …

I dropped by a few times on my in-house calls, whenever fires had been put out and before
new ones burst out. We indulged in “surgery-bashing parties,” where we called the surgeons …

I thought of this recently when, preparatory to starting my new clinic at Stanford, I took Epic
training. I had moved from a health care system that used Cerner, and of course when you …

I've had cancer for 42 years. I remember cancer felt quiet, confusing, and chaotic—
emotionally distancing my family from one another. I learned that when cancer invades a …

Next to me sounds the buzzing of my Lympha Press machine, which substitutes for the
constant visits of the physiotherapist who performs the lymph drainage. This gives me more …

In March 1979, 1 was a successful 50-year-old surgeon, haw-driving and competitive, and
subject to all the stressful pressures inherent in a busy surgical practice. In addition, during …