DOCTORS
Uncontrollable Bleeding: A Brain Surgeon's Nightmare
When an artery in someone's head bursts, there's very little that can prepare you.
10 Questions You Always Wanted to Ask a Nurse
"There are two things I really struggle with – washing penises and cleaning under fingernails. I might be a nurse, but I'm also a human being."
Scenes from My Time in a Psychiatric Hospital
After a series of manic episodes, I was admitted to the Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Anne in Paris. That's where I met a nymphomaniac, a medium and the reincarnation of Christ.
The First Time I Let Someone Die
Early one Tuesday morning years ago, I began my effort to save a woman who had been in a car accident. Four weeks later, I had failed.
The Untold Story of the First Fentanyl Addict
Opioids continue to be the drugs most often abused by anesthesiologists, but because of stigma, it's nearly impossible to track how many doctors are addicted today.
Cracking the Cranial Vault: What It Feels Like to Perform Brain Surgery
It was my first time peeling down scalp and opening the skull of living human, a thrill unlike any other.
I Tried to Become a Surgeon in an Hour with Just the Help of the Internet
It was a piece of piss, to be honest – dunno what all the fuss is about.
This Globe-Trotting Brain Surgeon Says Doctors Are Doing Medical Missions Wrong
"You can't just go down there, drop some money, do a photo-op, and come back," Rahul Jandial says about doctors who travel to hospitals in poor countries.
How Scared Should I Be of Hospitals?
You're supposed to get better there, but you can get so much worse.
What I’ve Learned as a Jail Doctor
The exam room was set up so the inmate sat between me and the bright red panic button.
What Are the 'Legitimate Reasons' to Have an Offshore Bank Account?
The Panama Papers revealed how a lot of rich people hide their money, but there are supposedly non-shady reasons to conceal your assets. What are they?
I Spent 18 Hours in One of New York City’s Busiest Emergency Rooms
In many ways, Brookdale University Hospital's emergency room—one of the busiest in New York City—acts as a bizarro microcosm of the inequitable American healthcare system.