Freida McFadden, MD
Freida McFadden is a physician and editor.
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Physician voices
An excerpt from The Devil You Know. “Dr. McGill!” I look up and see seventy-one-year-old Herman Katz hurrying across the waiting room with outstretched arms. Herman Katz is the bane of my existence. During my short stint at the VA,…
An excerpt from The Devil You Know.
“Dr. McGill!”
I look up and see seventy-one-year-old Herman Katz hurrying across the waiting room with outstretched arms. Herman Katz is the bane of my existence. During my short stint at the VA, I have had him in my examining room dozens of times. Or maybe it just feels like dozens of times. Although I think it actually has been dozens …
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I promise you. It’s definitely not cancer.
Physician voices
You can't pick your parents, and you can't pick the side of your brain that you damage. I always thought that injuries to the left side of the brain would be the worst, because that's where the language centers generally…
You can’t pick your parents, and you can’t pick the side of your brain that you damage.
I always thought that injuries to the left side of the brain would be the worst, because that’s where the language centers generally are. And talking is basically all I do. But after seeing uncountable numbers of strokes and brain injuries, I’ve changed my mind. Right brain injuries are worse.
The right side of the …
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A patient with a right brain injury. And an accusation.
Medical education
An excerpt from Suicide Med. “I wish I had become a ballet dancer instead.” I use the back of my forearm to swipe at strands of dark hair that have come loose from the tight bun at the back of…
An excerpt from Suicide Med.
“I wish I had become a ballet dancer instead.”
I use the back of my forearm to swipe at strands of dark hair that have come loose from the tight bun at the back of my head. The attempt fails and the escaped locks fall back into my field of vision just as my glasses slide down the bridge of my nose. This …
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Suicide Med: A medical school thriller
Physician voices
An excerpt from The Devil Wears Scrubs. They say every physician has a graveyard. Mine may eventually contain Dr. Alyssa Morgan. Watch out, Alyssa. Sometime in July Time: 3 a.m. Hours awake: 21 Chance of quitting: 75% This patient is…
An excerpt from The Devil Wears Scrubs.
They say every physician has a graveyard.
Mine may eventually contain Dr. Alyssa Morgan.
Watch out, Alyssa.
Sometime in July
Time: 3 a.m.
Hours awake: 21
Chance of quitting: 75%
This patient is the fattest man I’ve ever seen in my life. His name is George Leeman and he’s got fat folds on his belly that are so deep, I think I could stick my whole fist inside. …
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