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Don’t go to Bill Frist’s doctor

August 30, 2012Russell Saunders 32 Comments

Remember Bill Frist?  Heart surgeon?  Former Senate Majority Leader?  Super-genius doctor, such that he could make an authoritative diagnosis about a condition totally outside of his specialty based on videotape of a patient he did not otherwise examine?  (Except whoopsie,… Continue Reading →

healthcare policy, patient care bill frist

Dept. of False Equivalence

August 30, 2012Russell Saunders 17 Comments

Have you ever been in a conversation with someone who had a good point to make, but went so over the top that they lost you anyway?  Someone who, if they’d kept their arguments reasonable and their criticisms balanced, might… Continue Reading →

patient care homophobia, obesity, paul campos, salon

Confessions of a partisan political junkie

August 28, 2012Russell Saunders 32 Comments

I love politics.  I’ve loved politics for years, going back at least as far as high school when I volunteered for the gubernatorial campaign of Mel Carnahan.  (I got to go to his inaugural ball as a result, which was… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized GOP, mitt romney, republican national convention, republican party

Tuesday questions, Manolo Blahnik edition

August 28, 2012Russell Saunders 42 Comments

The other day, the Better Half and I were lounging on the couch and came across a rerun of “Sex and the City.”  I had caught the occasional (full-length, non-bowdlerized) episode back during its initial run, and enjoyed it well… Continue Reading →

stupid tuesday questions Downton Abbey, sex and the city

Once more unto the breach: the American Academy of Pediatrics and circumcision [Updated]

August 27, 2012Russell Saunders 62 Comments

It was with a sinking feeling that I heard the news this morning — the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a new policy statement regarding circumcision of newborn males.  I don’t normally greet news of revised policy statements by… Continue Reading →

parenting, patient care american academy of pediatrics, Andrew Sullivan, male circumcision

Like so many matchsticks

August 27, 2012Russell Saunders 12 Comments

I had an off week a little while ago. Nothing terrible, mind you.  No catastrophes.  But things felt a little more tedious.  I had to schlepp around a little more than usual  And a few clinical judgment calls I made… Continue Reading →

patient care doctor burnout, Pauline Chen

Dumb question

August 23, 2012Russell Saunders 13 Comments

The New Republic has a question for us. Why Do We Care if Taylor Swift Dates a Kennedy? Um.  We care if Taylor Swift dates a Kennedy? As it turns out, there are few subjects I can think of about… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized taylor swift, the new republic

Now that’s more like it

August 23, 2012Russell Saunders 15 Comments

I’m going to tell myself that GOP Senate candidate Mike Baumgartner reads my blog.  At the very least he seems to share my opinion about transparently fake apologies.  To wit: Mike Baumgartner, a U.S. Senate candidate hoping to unseat Democratic… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized mike baumgartner

Where should the resources go?

August 22, 2012Russell Saunders 18 Comments

[The other day, Rose and I were discussing the ethics regarding the allocation of medical resources in certain situations, and we decided that we’d like to write a joint post about it.  This is the first time we’ve done something… Continue Reading →

medical ethics, patient care

Fake is fake is fake

August 21, 2012Russell Saunders 25 Comments

Let the public contrition begin. Rather than abiding by the wishes of his party and leaving the Senate race, Rep. Todd Akin is asking Missourians to forgive his inappropriate comments. The Senate hopeful is releasing a new ad in which… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized abortion, pregnancy, rape, todd akin

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