by David Hilden, MD MPH | Sep 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Diary from a pandemic, Humanities and Medicine
Photo credit: Twin Cities Public Television, tpt.org It’s been a while and I’m getting pandemic fatigue. I’m too exhausted to do much of anything, including blog posts, but recently I was fortunate to be part of something really special. Happily, my...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | May 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Diary from a pandemic, Dr. Hilden's reflections, Humanities and Medicine
I wrote the following short piece for the Minnesota Chapter of the American College of Physicians of which I am privileged to serve as Governor. I edited it a bit for my colleagues – physicians and all others – at Hennepin Healthcare. I offer it to you...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Oct 17, 2018 | Humanities and Medicine
In this post I’m going to diverge slightly from my usual medical writing to talk about a different part of being healthy and well. So I’m going to ask you to read an essay I wrote this past summer for the Minnesota Orchestra. The link is repeated below...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Jul 6, 2017 | Dr. Hilden's reflections, Humanities and Medicine
Hi, Healthy Matters friends! I have been steadily moving toward more writing in my career and specifically I’ve been working in an area called “narrative non-fiction.” My writings are mostly based on medicine, health and wellness. Big surprise there –...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | May 11, 2017 | Dr. Hilden's reflections, Humanities and Medicine
Hi, friends! In this post I simply want to invite you to read an essay I wrote which was recently published in a journal I admire. Called Intima: a journal of narrative medicine, it is a literary place where medicine is explored through story, narrative non-fiction,...
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...
