by Jeremy Topin | Sep 5, 2017 | Medical
The patient, previously a John Doe, is now known. Family now present, when before there was none. A spouse, siblings, and young kids all around. Despite seventy-two hours in the ICU, his lungs have failed, his heart has failed, his liver has failed, his kidneys have...
by Jeremy Topin | Apr 26, 2017 | Medical
He sat next to the judge in the witness chair. Of medium height and build with a clean shaven head, he recalled the night in the hospital where he lost his dad, role model, grandfather to his newborn son and best friend. In the small courtroom he spoke directly to the...
by Jeremy Topin | Feb 28, 2017 | Balance, Medical, Medical Education
What do you do when you know someone is going to die? I’m not talking about death when it comes at the end of a long protracted illness or a terminal diagnosis. Or the final act at the end of a “good” life, when the body and mind have ultimately...
by Jeremy Topin | Nov 29, 2016 | Balance
Walk with me, why don’t you? It’s about time, don’t you think? We have been avoiding this for quite a while. But it is best to bring this out from the shadows and into the light. Let’s take a walk… Thru a part of my day. But be careful....
by Jeremy Topin | Feb 19, 2014 | Balance
“Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.”–Richard Bach It’s has been a bit since I last wrote, but events over the last few days have pulled me back tonight and has...
