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In COVID We Mistrust

by Brian Lefchak, MD, MPH

In the pandemic’s wake, we witnessed the explosion of viral social media content such as Plandemic, an alternate exaggerated narrative which sought to perpetuate the types of claims one would expect from the title. These kinds of conspiracy theories have always existed in many different shapes and forms; however, COVID-19 struck at a time when society was suffering from a pre-existing condition of deep...

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Medicine-Pediatrics Residents Call for Anti-Racism in Health Care

by David Chiang, MD, PhD

Recent events have highlighted a systemic problem within our world, our country, our state, and our community. People of color fight an uphill battle in every facet of life, at every socioeconomic level. The COVID-19 pandemic is no exception -- as we all know by now, patients from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are disproportionately afflicted. But the spotlight has refocused on a chronic pandemic: systemic...

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Featured, Opinions

In COVID We Mistrust

In the pandemic’s wake, we witnessed the explosion of viral social media content such as Plandemic, an alternate exaggerated narrative which sought to perpetuate the types of claims one...

Art & Poetry in Medicine

Meditations on Medicine

A collection of poems entitled "Meditations on Medicine."

Featured, Health Policy, Opinions

Medicine-Pediatrics Residents Call for Anti-Racism in Health Care

Recent events have highlighted a systemic problem within our world, our country, our state, and our community. People of color fight an uphill battle in every facet of life,...

Featured, Opinions

Your Voice Has Power

On June 1, I worked a shift in the trauma intensive care unit as riots and looting continued outside and the National Guard patrolled the streets. A group of...

Clinical, Featured, Housestaff Wellness, Psychiatry

COVID-19 Highlights Longstanding Discrimination Against Minority Physicians

I constantly have to deal with racism and homophobia. In Boston. In America. When I leave work and go home, I have to prepare to deal with the same...

Clinical, Featured, Internal Medicine

Witness

This elderly yet jolly gentleman answers our unending questions about his physical health, but it is his question to us that makes me pause. Do I have time for...

Clinical, Featured, Internal Medicine

The Doll

No one had told her how difficult the fight after COVID would be. Of course, few in her community had lived to tell the tale. And then again, precious...

Clinical, Family Medicine, Opinions, Psychiatry

Telemedicine in a Terrible Time: A Resident Physician’s Perspective

“Hello? Can you hear me?” Tightly holding the phone, I heard only an old man’s distant yelling and the shattering of dishes being thrown against the wall.

Clinical, Family Medicine, Featured, Housestaff Wellness

Patient Zero: Doing My Part From Home While Battling COVID-19

My husband Tom isn't afraid of anything; strapping on a bulletproof vest every day for work will do that to a man. Tom wasn't scared until I couldn't breathe.

Clinical, Housestaff Wellness, Psychiatry

A Tale of Three Continents: A Resident Physician Perspective on the Pandemic

“The United States reports first death from COVID-19 in Washington State.” It was the end of February as I glanced over this news alert. For the past month, my...

Featured, Health Policy, Opinions

Bosses of Us: Doctors, Administrators, and the Profit Motive

The pandemic points to an important lesson: a rejection of traditional leadership structures, at least those that feed into a profit-based medical system, may be necessary in order to...

Health Policy, Opinions

Class Consciousness for American Doctors

I learned to trust my own discomfort as an indicator of the toxic power dynamics that breed abuse for both patients and health workers. I became even more attuned...