Advocating for your Health

Advocating for your Health

Weight-bias, race bias, gender bias:   It’s part of our society, and even though it should not, it does sometimes follow patients into the clinical space.  I’ve talked in the past about weight-bias – but let’s talk gender bias. This is a long post and for...
Allowing Natural Death

Allowing Natural Death

As a physician with a special interest in medical ethics, I found this piece absolutely excellent. It is well worth a read.  In this recent New Yorker article entitled The Hidden Harms of CPR, Dr. Sunita Puri explore the cultural expectations around death and CPR from...