Narrative Notions

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Narratives that get to the heart of medicine.

April 2, 2025 | FREE
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Have scope—will travel

You never know what will get a patient to open up.

January 22, 2025 | FREE
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Unpalette-able

Medicine comes in a rainbow of colors.

November 27, 2024 | FREE
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Gesticulation

Hands convey a surprising amount of information, but it's not always accurate.

January 26, 2022 | FREE
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Me, my fridge, and I

We take refrigeration for granted, but a geriatric fridge plays an important (and humorous) role in one physician's work from home.

November 2021 | FREE
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Home is where the hospital is

Learn how the hospital and the home are the same but different.

February 2021 | FREE
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Cytokine storm

Cytokine storm is poetic for a medical term.

December 2020 | FREE
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Lucky doc

When you think you're lucky, is it just the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy?

November 2020 | FREE
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ZZZooming

Administrative life is about committing to committees and moving from boardroom to bedroom lately.

May 2020 | FREE
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An uphill battle

Envisioning the future of the pandemic was difficult at the end of March.

March 2020 | FREE
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Monitored

A hospitalist encounters a new efficiency system.

September 2019 | FREE
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Uncharted

The despair of administrative backlog has changed but not disappeared.

May 2019 | FREE
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Selection bias

An old doc gives a new model of practice a try.

November 2018 | FREE
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Giving thanks

Colleagues, mentors, electronic records, and readers all make Dr. Newman grateful this month.

October 2017 | FREE
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Is there a doctor on board?

I heard the words you never want to hear on a plane, especially over the middle of an ocean: “Is there a doctor on board?”

September 2017 | FREE
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Oh, what a night: The hospital playlist #2

Some songs to get through a tough night shift.

May 2017 | FREE
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Lost

Was there a true psychological reason for losing stuff all the time?

January 2014 | FREE
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Vital signs are vital

Introducing a new series that highlights the importance of vital signs.

July 2013 | FREE
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How to stay safe

Safety—in the hospital and in life—is about more than following prescribed systems.

September 2012 | FREE
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Quality time

What would happen if quality measures were applied to your personal life?

January 2012 | FREE
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Food for thought

A Thanksgiving meal develops disturbing medical connotations.

March 2011 | FREE
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A Day in the Life: The Hospital Playlist

A typical hospitalist's day if set to music would go a little something like this.

February 2011 | FREE
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Safety first

I know I need to get up and get started, get my children ready for school. . .and I have an early morning meeting to which I just can't be late.

June 2010 | FREE
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Iatrogenica

A chance encounter with an old friend leads our editorial advisor to reminisce about patients past.