by David Hilden, MD MPH | Jul 7, 2016 | Dr. Hilden's reflections, Healthy Matters Book Club, Humanities and Medicine, Medical Education
Hi, everybody! For about 2 months I’ve been yammering both in this blog and on the radio broadcast about the current Healthy Matters online book club selection, and it’s time to get to it! As they say in billiards .. “Quit talking and start...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Jun 23, 2016 | Dr. Hilden's reflections, Humanities and Medicine
This has been a tough week as too many people have died way too early. I’m going to write a few thoughts about young lives cut short – one from my own life and one from the nation. No links to medical information, no medical advice, nothing funny and...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | May 13, 2016 | Healthy Matters Book Club, Humanities and Medicine
The first time I did a book club selection was after I had read a book and I was really excited to share it with you. That was in March 2016 and the book was When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. If you missed the post about that terrific read, click here. For...
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 | Mar 16, 2016 | Cardiology, HCMC, Humanities and Medicine, Medical Education
“That it will ever come into general use, notwithstanding its value, is extremely doubtful; because its beneficial application requires much time and gives a good bit of trouble both to the patient and the practitioner; because its hue and character are foreign...
