Only hope

...she had a terrible life....

Celebration

How long am I going to live?...

Man: the demi-god dies

The failure of doctors to talk to their patients about end of life decisions perplexes me....

DNR verses CPR

I do not want to end my life with some gorilla pounding on my chest!...

Morphine: too much or too little

The balance between the benefits of narcotics and their side effects is at the core of the Principle of Double Effect....

Common sense compassion

It seems to me that sometimes the practice of medicine is in desperate need of common sense. Despite the beauty of the science of medicine, perhaps we are in n...

A bird’s silent song

Is this a story of the spirit of man, or the spirit of god? I do not know. ...