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Life and Limb

Medicine, culture, family and faith.

By Edwin Leap
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Rural Emergency Hospital Concept Won't HelpRural Emergency Hospital Concept by CMS
Jan 23
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A Month Off? What Was I Thinking?Thanks for reading Life and Limb! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Physicians are very closely vetted. From the very beginning we are closely watched, our backgrounds checked, our references double checked, our behaviors watched and scored, etc.
Jan 21
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The Rural Opioid Tragedy in One StoryOne of many stories
Jan 29
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It's Not Just the US System FailingI just saw this article out of the UK, where healthcare is in a growing crisis. I don’t say this to pick on their system, but to say all systems are under enormous strain…
Jan 19
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I am a Connoisseur of Gas StationsI admit, I’m rather a connoisseur of convenience stores. I’m not really sure how it happened but I love a big, brightly lit truck-stop or…
Jan 18
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The Kindness of StrangersThe words we use as clinicians matter
Jan 16
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Breakfast in bed for Belle the dogThis is Belle. Belle is a mixed-breed dog, probably part Lab, part hound and who knows what else. We think that Belle is about 17-years-old. She has has…
Jan 15
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I'm a Bit Behind, But Catching up!So last week I went to work out of town and left my computer behind by accident. No worries, as I was working nights and needed to sleep days an…
Jan 13
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Holding Patients, Watching the PortentsWhat comes next?
Jan 13
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Happy New Year!Thank you for being my readers!
Jan 2
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Happy New Year! Be Careful Out There.I knew a surgeon once who had lost a child to a tragic accident. Whenever I spoke to him by phone, consulting him on a patient, he would close by…
Dec 31, 2022
Be Careful Out ThereNew Year's Eve is upon us.
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Going to the ER? Brace Yourself.
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A Healthcare Warning
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Waiting and Miserable in the ER
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Reporting from the Healthcare Disaster
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Holding Patients, Watching the Portents
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Another Week, Another Test
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