The "machine metaphor" in medicine and health

Is your body a machine? If so, is disease simply a malfunction or defect in the machine? What does that mean about health? Join me on my professional blog as a trace back the history of that old idea.

What is health?

You'd think doctors would know that! Believe it or not, the term is not even defined in medical school. I issued a challenge to medical school deans in this blog post on the Alert & Oriented website. I'm still waiting to hear their responses... :)

Medical friendship at the end of life

A reader prompted me to write this post about medical friendship at the end of life, as well as a post contrasting the perspectives of Viktor Frankl and Atul Gawande about the meaning of life.