by David Hilden, MD MPH | May 16, 2022 | Ethics and philosophy
Nneka Sederstrom, PhD, MPH, MA, FCCP, FCCM joined Hennepin Healthcare as its Chief Health Equity Officer last year. Since then, my colleague and friend has put together an incredible team to tackle some tough issues surrounding health equity, diversity and inclusion....
by David Hilden, MD MPH | May 31, 2018 | Dr. Hilden's reflections, Ethics and philosophy, Health in the News, Mental Health, Psychiatry
A good part of my medical practice at Hennepin Healthcare is in mental health. Although I’m a general internist, meaning I specialize in chronic diseases of adults, I have a special interest in the intersection of medical and mental illness. Consequently, I...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Sep 25, 2017 | Ethics and philosophy, Health and wellness, Tips from Healthy Matters radio broadcast
Medical school is four years long. This is after four years of college. It is then followed by three more years of intensive training during medical residency. It’s a lot of learning. So in all those years, do you know how much I learned about chiropractic...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Dec 23, 2016 | Ethics and philosophy, Health in the News, Humanities and Medicine, Medical research
Quick, picture in your head a highly competent physician. What does that person look like? Does your doctor image look like this? Or like this? For the record and the recognition, that’s Dr. Gibson-Hill, a doctor in Bristol, England. You probably know the guy...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Mar 24, 2016 | Cancer, Ethics and philosophy, Healthy Matters Book Club, Humanities and Medicine
“I began to realize that coming in such close contact with my own mortality had changed both nothing and everything.” Paul Kalanithi, from When Life Becomes Air Welcome to Healthy Matters Book Club! This is the first of what I hope will be many posts in which I...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Feb 25, 2016 | Ethics and philosophy, Health and wellness, Medical Education
Do black people feel less pain than white people? Are overweight people at fault for developing diabetes? Do doctors evaluate symptoms differently if a white man reports them than if a black woman reports them? Most of us would emphatically answer these no, no, and...
