AFTERWORD After finishing this journal, I’ve once again come to realise just how much I’ve changed over the previous two years. I walked into medicine thinking I’d be doing it for myself – it was my one true passion, and furthering my knowledge was my main driver. It only took a few weeks for all that to change. As passionate […]
Ageism
II.III.III AGEISM Much can be said about why things were the way they were over at the geriatric hospital. As controversial as this might sound, I think it all boiled down to one thing – ageism. That old people’s lives seem to matter less. I gotta admit that before starting this rotation, I too was guilty of this kind of […]
Meaning
I.II.III MEANING During my second rotation, I had my fair share of time to think about my practice as a doctor and about my personal life – one I had been neglecting for quite a while. You see, working in a hospital with dying patients has you thinking about many things. As the great Meredith Grey puts it, “In staring […]