Attention, random parents of America! Please understand something — if you have an appointment for one child, that means you’re paying for the services rendered for that one child. If you bring along a sibling without an appointment, and then… Continue Reading
So there appears to be a tumblr full of “awesome people hanging out together,” which I learned about thanks to Andrew Sullivan. (The picture he chose was of Neil Patrick Harris and Stephen Colbert [who are deeply awesome] and Christina… Continue Reading
As I recently alluded, I’m on staff at a children’s hospital. It is an absolutely wonderful place to work, and I am aware of the privilege of working there every time I step through the doors. The chance to be… Continue Reading
No Rapture this past weekend, it turns out. The day before the Big Event a colleague and I were stuck on the Storrow Drive on-ramp behind a line of vans proclaiming to imminent End of the World, but we never… Continue Reading
Curse you and your English origins, father! If you’d been born in the United States like all right-thinking people, I might still have a shot at the presidency. Via Andrew Sullivan, I bring you the latest updates from the right-wing… Continue Reading
Run for the hills, America! The rapture may not have happened quite on schedule, but you’re not out of the woods yet. Your homes may be rife with a heretofore unacknowledged menace, exposing all of us to the potential for… Continue Reading
Like any reasonably interesting job, mine is full of things to enjoy and things to lament. I love becoming part of my patients’ lives, and getting to know their families. I dislike having to document all of my continuing education… Continue Reading
Another year, another list of US News and World Report rankings. This year’s Best Children’s Hospitals rankings are out, and it’s a Boston kvell-o-rama. I find these rankings very amusing. The people for whom they are most useful are the… Continue Reading
There’s been a personnel change in Hell. Minos, Rhadamanthus and Aeacus have been sacked. Hades has chosen you to be the new judge of the dead, and to assign interesting and innovative punishments. You have a new arrival in your… Continue Reading
In a recent post applauding news that HIV medication makes HIV-positive men far less likely to spread the virus to partners (a sentiment I heartily endorse), Andrew Sullivan ponders a question I find genuinely perplexing: But I wonder what the… Continue Reading