Medicine

A young woman named SungEun Grace Lee is dying of a brain tumor on Long Island. Ordinarily this tragedy would have unfolded quietly, but when 28-year-old Ms. Lee decided to withdraw life-sustaining ventilator support, her parents went to court to stop her. Since then, several layers of the legal system have confirmed that Ms. Lee Read more

I had an interesting morning last month in my developmental pediatrics practice. I saw three 5-year-old boys back to back—each with a history of early diagnosis of autism—along with their mothers. Each child had received intensive and appropriate early intervention services and was now transitioning from special preschool to kindergarten. Each child had had a Read more

  “And we just went on to the next room as if nothing had happened.” Julie sat in the circle in green scrubs.  She spoke in a monotone, her eyes focused above and beyond those of us listening.   She seemed so unlike the girl with the contagious laughter who had buoyed our conversation moments ago Read more

Editor’s Note:  The following post is the second in a two-part series by Dr. Petersen on how to improve your study habits.  You can also read the first part, 5 Ways to Ace Medical School Exams by Maximizing Study Time. Have you ever thought you understood something—until you had to explain it to someone else? You’re taking Read more

  More than anything else, you want to practice medicine and become a doctor. You jumped through some major hoops to get to medical school. But before you can work with patients, and get that coveted M.D. after your name, you have to get through a mountain of coursework in a short amount of time and Read more