Niraj Mehta, MD
Niraj Mehta is an internal medicine physician.
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Recently during rounds on a busy inpatient teaching service at a county hospital, I led a group of medical students into a patient’s room. I asked the same question I have asked well over 10,000 times: "What do you see?"…
Recently during rounds on a busy inpatient teaching service at a county hospital, I led a group of medical students into a patient’s room. I asked the same question I have asked well over 10,000 times: “What do you see?”
Observation is a powerful tool at the bedside, and offers us an opportunity to learn from one another.
My student replied, “I see a white man sleeping in no acute distress.”
I repeated …
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A gentle reminder that healing begins with feeling
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It is not uncommon for doctors to question the reasons why we do what we do. The journey is long. The debts often seem insurmountable. The harsh lessons learned from a mistake made with best of intentions are an unforgiving…
It is not uncommon for doctors to question the reasons why we do what we do. The journey is long. The debts often seem insurmountable. The harsh lessons learned from a mistake made with best of intentions are an unforgiving punishment for “life without forgiveness.” Memories may fade, but the scars always seem to linger. On the one hand, like a relief pitcher in major league baseball, we must forget …
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