A Med School Memoir

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At first I was like…

May 10th, 2010 No Comments

So, the second year of med school was nothing like I expected it to be. If you refer back to a post I made at the beginning of the year, you’ll see that I had high hopes for this year being interesting and thought-provoking. While I will say that, to me, second year [...]

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Dax Cowart

September 7th, 2009 4 Comments

In our ethics class recently, we discussed the case of Dax Cowart.  His case is well known in the medical community, but I had never heard of him before–for those who aren’t familiar, here’s a quick rundown of his story.  In 1973, Dax and his father were surveying some land in rural Texas that Dax [...]

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