Category Archives: Anger Management

Office Clean Up Brings on a Flood of Memories

By Linda | July 15, 2013

Last month we experienced yet another basement flood. “How could this possibly happen?” we asked ourselves after we got the call while traveling. We had taken enormous steps after the last flood just a few years ago. That flood was caused by sewer overflow (thankfully clean water) from inadequate town sewers. A huge rain overwhelmed [...]

Also posted in Flashbacks, The Confessional | Tagged disruptive physician, memories | 2 Comments

A Surgeon’s Response to Senseless Violence–No Easy Answers, Just More Complex Questions

By Linda | December 17, 2012

I remember the first gunshot wound I treated in the emergency department at Jacobi Hospital in the South Bronx 35 years ago. Only one of two I saw that month in the second busiest trauma ER in the country. Gang fight. Troubled youths. In the middle of the night. Hand guns.
We [...]

Also posted in Adventures in Advocacy | Tagged massacre at Sandyhook, violence against children | 11 Comments

I Can’t Be Pregnant!–Stuck Between the Parent and the Patient

By Linda | October 24, 2012

Did you know that urine pregnancy tests are routinely performed on all females before every surgery. No exceptions. The Children’s Hospital here in Buffalo, tests 9 years and above. Don’t know if a parent or a patient has a right to refuse the test, but I do know that the anesthesiologist will refuse to [...]

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3-2-1 LIFTOFF—Journey With Me Where No Woman Has Been Before–To Remodel the House of Medicine.

By Linda | September 12, 2012

For decades I have been told, “When the number of women physicians increases, women doctors will be accepted into the medical workplace.” Thirty years later, more women than men are medical students, the pipeline has been full for decades and still parity has not achieved our rightful place in the House of Medicine. We [...]

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Whose Fault Is It Anway? When Patients and Doctors Don’t Seem to Comminicate.

By Linda | August 21, 2012

In my office, every new patient encounter starts the same way. I walk in and say, “Hello. Let me put down my computer (which I take from room to room), wash my hands” (which I purposely point out that I do before I touch anyone or anything else), and then I turn to the family [...]

Also posted in On the Job | Tagged Doctor patient communication | 4 Comments

It Takes a Monkey To Understand Equal Pay for Equal Work. So Why Don’t the Guys Get It?

By Linda | July 31, 2012

Recently interviewed by a writer, I was asked about my reaction to a number of male medical leaders who said, “More women than ever are becoming surgeons. Gender discrimination is a thing of the past and it is time to stop talking about this topic.”
Speechless, I answered with silence. What is there to say when [...]

Also posted in Accidental Crusader | Tagged Capuchin monkey, Equal Pay | 2 Comments

The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness–Day 3 Revelations in Puglia

By Linda | June 12, 2012

Ride all day, eat all night, and make new friends in between. That would sum up our bike trip through Puglia, a little known region of Italy, famous for its olive trees and Trullo houses. And with 5-7 hours spent on a bike daily, helped only by padded shorts, padded seat and the promise of [...]

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When Friends Disagree—How Safe Is Your Circle?

By Linda | May 2, 2012

From sewing circles to quilting bees, consciousness raising meetings to book clubs, women continue to meet to exchange ideas and support one another in our pursuit of……? When I heard Gloria (Steinem that is) talk about our need to communicate with other women, I was in a roomful of like minded women physicians—we all were [...]

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April 17, 2012–Equal Pay Day Again. Ho Hum. What Would Gloria Steinem Say?

By Linda | April 17, 2012

Juxtapose: I woke up this morning and NPR did not even mention that today was Equal Pay Day–the day when US women finally have earned the same amount as men in 2011–they had to work 3.5 months longer to do it. WITH: Dancing with Gloria Steinem on Saturday night.
Last Saturday night the legendary [...]

Also posted in Accidental Crusader, Adventures in Advocacy, Flashbacks, Travels with Linda, Women at Work, Worthy Causes | Tagged Equal Pay, Gloria Steinem | Leave a comment

Who Needs Doctors Anyway? Let Health Insurance Companies and the Government Direct Patient Care

By Linda | April 2, 2012

Outrage #1. Wasting time of skilled caregivers. Everyday skilled nurses and physicians’ assistants waste hours of time on the telephone either getting approval for medications that we prescribe for our patients or trying to fight a rejection for a medication we requested.
Outrage #2. Choosing a medication for cost, not effectiveness. A child [...]

Also posted in On the Job | 3 Comments