Those are words no physician wants to hear. Even as an emergency physician, I hated the few times I heard that phrase. Fortunately, the passengers I tended to were not terribly ill, but this story, written by a medical student who cared for a critically ill passenger, is well told and worth the read.
Here’s a piece that is not for the faint of heart: Dr. Sandra Scott Simons is a nocturnist emergency physician who describes how disappointed her earlier-self would have been in what medical care giving has become.
Dr. Finkel is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. On completing her residency at Harvard, she was asked to
stay on as faculty at Harvard Medical School and spent five years teaching at the world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital.
She was appointed to the Assistant Residency Director position for the Harvard Affiliated
Emergency Medicine Residency where she reviewed countless applications, personal statements and resumes. Read more
