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Monday, Jun 15, 2009

Today's Lunch Break:
The Cost Conundrum, by Atul Gawande

I started to summarize my favorite points from this piece, but I decided against it. Because...you need to read the article in its entirety [1]. It's that good.

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Friday, Mar 13, 2009

Today's Lunch Break:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/using-technology-to-skip-the-doctors-office/

My grandfather, a retired pediatrician who shares my first and last name, speaks fondly about going on house calls, black doctor bag in hand, to checkup on children and calm worried parents. In the past few years, I have run into multiple people who, upon recognizing our shared name, speaks of him in glowing terms like "my doctor" or "our pediatrician." My grandfather says that such relationships were the most rewarding aspects of his career.

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