philosophy – Medical Lessons

A Conference on Bioethics and Humanities, and Future Planning

October 31, 2013October 31, 2013 Elaine Schattner, MD

The tone, overall, was intense. Intellectual, brain-stimulating… By contrast to other medical meetings I’ve attended, there was little glitz, scant makeup and limited Wireless. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the ASBH conference

Posted in Academic Medicine, Life as a Doctor, Medical Education, Medical EthicsTagged advanced directives, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, ASBH, bias, decision aids, disability, end-of-life, gamification, humanities, informed consent, MakingYourWishesKnown, medical ethics, philosophy2 Comments

Living Like It’s Shark Week, Take 3

August 17, 2012August 26, 2014 Elaine Schattner, MD

It’s Shark Week, or at least that’s the situation over at Discovery Channel. The annual, virtual immersion into the world of cartilaginous fish has been adopted by your author as some sort of metaphor, but she’s not sure…

Posted in Life, Psychiatry, TVTagged decisions, discovery, discovery channel, life, mortality, philosophy, reading, shark week, swimming, TV3 Comments

Live Every Week Like It’s Shark Week, Again!

July 31, 2011August 8, 2011 Elaine Schattner, MD

Tonight the Discovery Channel will begin its annual Shark Week festival on TV. “Show me your teeth,” dares a singing woman, repeatedly, in the preview. Show Me Your Teeth I’m reminded of my thoughts on the advice – if you can call it that; it holds as a puzzle with me – from the recently-troubled […]

Posted in Life, TVTagged 30 rock, Alec Baldwin, discovery channel, life, Living like it's shark week, philosophy, shark week, Tracy Morgan, TV2 Comments

Medical Lessons

Medical Lessons

Living Like It’s Shark Week, Take 3

Live Every Week Like It’s Shark Week, Again!

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