by Jeremy Topin | Aug 4, 2017 | Balance, Change, Medicine, Parenting
“Why don’t people’s hearts tell them to continue to follow their dreams?” the boy asked the alchemist. “Because that’s what makes the heart suffer most, and hearts don’t like to suffer.” ...
by Jeremy Topin | Jul 20, 2017 | Balance, Burnout, Healthcare Reform, Medical
Uncertainty. In particular, diagnostic uncertainty, would keep me awake at night, early in my career as a freshly minted critical care doctor. Patients who deteriorated without explanation or haziness on CT Scans without an identified cause, fanned the flames of my...
by Jeremy Topin | Feb 21, 2017 | Balance
It started almost as a little hum… a vibration in my head, felt more than heard. A connection between some deep part of my brain straight to inside my chest. In the days leading up to my college graduation I mostly ignored it. Easy enough in the midst of...
