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A Fortunate Man

A Fortunate Man

The fortunate man here is the doctor. Sassall meets anguished patients on his rounds – ...
In this room I had pronounced patients dead

In this room I had pronounced patients dead

When breath becomes air. It was my primary care doctor, calling with the chest X-ray ...
The heart attack

The heart attack

Verbal transcription 6am. The wife: About an hour ago. He woke up and it was ...
Death from the other side of the bed

Death from the other side of the bed

Ian Rankin. I don’t really blame people for shunning the dying. I try to do ...
Speechless

Speechless

My next shock was a surgical one. On a certain Sunday morning a carriage-and-pair drew ...
An amazing murmur

An amazing murmur

On the other side of the ward, there's that 'amazing murmur' - the mitral stenosis, ...
What did I gain in my training?

What did I gain in my training?

First, I had mastered the practical basis of my profession, the art and craft of ...
The last 1000 days

The last 1000 days

The last 1000 days, Molly Case Commentary As we slowly make the shift to practise ...
Give me back my love - Orfeo's doomed quest

Give me back my love – Orfeo’s doomed quest

Commentary All of us, doctors or health workers or patients, will suffer loss in our ...
Chest X-ray showing multiple lung lumps

32 tumours in one lung

What the doctor said: Raymond Carver ‘He said it doesn’t look good He said in ...
The shock of the machine

The shock of the machine

Commentary Thom Green is drummer for Alt-J – and has kidney failure and a transplant, ...
I spy...death

I spy…death

Dealing with death, Miguel Torga Coimbra, 10 December 1958 Twenty-five years now that I've been ...