Zen Psychiatry
By Elana Miller, MD
There's a new movement in town. Instead of amassing stuff for stuff's sake, people are realizing that less is more. All over the blogosphere (yes, I like to use words like "blogosphere" in casual …
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You might be an intern if...10. You've ever been crossing the street on your way to the hospital, and thought, "if I got hit by a car, at least I probably wouldn't have to go to work …
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So this post won't apply to everyone reading, but I actually get a decent amount of search traffic to this blog from terms like "should I go into psychiatry" (along with "medical school sucks," but …
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"Become skillful in regards to yourself and other through contact, from confronting and dealing with things, not from running away.Wherever it hurts, wherever there's friction, we must investigate. …
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I've talked before about how I'm working diligently on my 4-Hour Workweek muse (more on that later). What I didn't emphasize before was the doubt that has come along with this project.Since I've …
I've noticed a disturbing trend. I just started my (thankfully brief) rotation on inpatient medicine, and before that I did two months of outpatient medicine. What has really blown me away as I work …
