October 2010

Thank Goat it’s Friday

by Rob on October 8, 2010 · 4 comments

in Animals, Humor

So I thought I would bring you joy on this Friday in one of the best ways I can think of: goats.  Nothing brings more joy to the heart of man than goats.  Well, maybe cheese puffs bring more joy, but goats are second only to cheese puffs.  It’s a close call, really. But before [...]

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Gosh, a whole lot of huffing over a little word! Customer. OK, now grab a paper bag and breathe slowly and steadily into it.  I know it’s hard to hear that word.  I am sorry to have caused such trouble. Some folks misunderstood my last post, thinking that I thought patients should only be considered [...]

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What is a Patient?

by Rob on October 5, 2010 · 12 comments

in Being a Doctor

What is a patient?  What do they do?  What’s their role in the doctor’s office?  Are they chassis on a conveyor belt?  Are they puzzles for doctors to solve?  Are they diseases?  Are they demographics?  Are they a repository for applied science? Or are they consumers?  Are they paying customers?  Are they the ones in [...]

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Drug Down

by Rob on October 3, 2010 · 7 comments

in Rants, The Healthcare Problem

I used to defend pharmaceutical companies.  ”What companies out there have contributed more good?  Should care manufacturers make more when all they do is make transportation that breaks after a few years?”  It made sense to me that you should put a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow so that companies are [...]

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Happy Friday

by Rob on October 1, 2010 · 3 comments

in Personal Musings

I have a confession: I am a closet sentimentalist.  I was driving in the car with my daughter (who is probably a better writer than I am and a music-lover like her dad) this morning, and I played a song by Marc Cohn.  I had a tape with this about ten years ago (maybe 20!) [...]

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