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There was a very nice piece in the New York Times yesterday about an oncology nurse's first code. Go read!...
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Signout is hospital slang for the transfer of information between patient care teams. It is also the name of this blog, which represents one of the less dysfunctional ways in which Dr. Signout copes with her participation in a U.S. medical residency program.
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Category: Media
Hey, look! A book about residency.
Posted by Signout at 11:25 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sometimes, women's bodies just are
Category: Lady time
In the U.S., it's normative to find female breasts sexay.
Posted by Signout at 1:07 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The way they are
Category: Lady time
There's a boatload of studies describing behavioral differences between men and women. What causes so many of them to be so crazy-making is their authors' tendency to discuss their findings as if they are causes, not effects.
Posted by Signout at 12:31 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Behind every working man
Category: Lady time
I'll fully admit to having been part of workplace resistance to caregiver-centered flexibility.
Posted by Signout at 9:03 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Why he blogs
Category: Media
I'd ask Atul Gawande why he blogs. However, 1) he doesn't blog, and 2) he's already answered, sort of.
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Thinkers and writers
Category: Media
The "Thinking Blogs" meme gives me the opportunity to give props to several excellent thinkers and writers who routinely send my tiny brain into spasms of glee.
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Submit
Category: Media
I know about 50 people who should enter this contest, wherein mere mortals submit t-shirt designs with a "science is culture" theme and win fabulous prizes. You know who you are. Get cracking....
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As ornithology is to birds
Category: Research
I am not a neuropsychiatrist, and UCSF isn't exactly tugging at my sleeve to offer me a job. However, I cannot understand how a person with any exposure to medical science can comprehend this little about its advancement.
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Completely freaking irresponsible
Category: Media
If this lady is SERIOUSLY going to suggest that in the face of other preventive options, we choose to rely on the often-imperfectly-used condom for prevention of STD's, especially among adolescents whose access to them is determined by how much their school districts' chieftains love Jesus, then she is just insane.
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