musingsonwomenshealth.com

Reflections on 40 years as a doctor in Women's Health

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  • Out of Control

    Are any of us in control? Or is the concept merely one that flatters us, plays to our sense of place in the vast and chaotic events that engulf us? Are we, for example, truly in control when we get in a car and drive off? We don’t plan accidents, but they happen. We don’t…

    gozzter

    July 7, 2012
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    control issues, medicine, pregnancy, women’s health
  • Ovarian cysts: part one

    “I have pain, don’t you understand? It’s on the right side where the cyst is!” She spit the word out like it had a bad taste. For her it very likely did. I’d never seen her before, but the family doctor had sent an old ultrasound -done a year ago- along with his consult request…

    gozzter

    June 29, 2012
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    medicine, ovarian cysts, women’s health
  • Listening

    I used to think I was a good listener. I could watch the person speak, hear the words, and keep silent long enough for them to finish. And then, if it was a problem, I’d solve it. If it was a question, I’d answer it. It was easy, really: analyse the sentences, watch for ambiguities,…

    gozzter

    June 22, 2012
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    health, listening, medicine, philosophy, psychology, women’s health
  • Over thirty-five years of listening and helping, but still not an expert

    There’s one thing I have to confess at the start: I am not an expert on women. I do not inhabit a female body, nor, apart from what is in the sample cupboard, do I have special access to estrogen and its secrets. Although I’ve delivered thousands of babies, I cannot honestly say that I…

    gozzter

    June 16, 2012
    Uncategorized
    philosophy, women’s issues
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