Mea sententia...

Mea Sententia (which translates roughly as 'My Opinion') has been my intermittent blog since 2011. Much of my writing is about medical issues, but my topics range through philosophy, behavioral and decision making, management, humor, and persona/family anecdotes.
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Snowflakes

Submitted by PeterElias on Thu, 03/22/2018 - 06:00

Winter is drawing to a close and it will be months before we have to deal with snowflakes. So, this is a site worth studying during the off-season.

 

 

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    • Science

Learning to be a doctor

Submitted by PeterElias on Mon, 03/19/2018 - 07:07

In college you learn to be a college student. In medical school, you learn to be a medical student. In residency, you learn to be a resident. 

In practice, if you let them, patients will teach you to be a doctor.

 

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    • Medicine

The biography of a winter storm

Submitted by PeterElias on Mon, 03/12/2018 - 06:00

No two Maine winter storms are identical. They each have their unique personality: gradual or abrupt onset, temperature, kind of snow, duration, wind, with or without ‘frozen mix’ or other forms of precipitation. Here is the story of one storm from earlier this winter.

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    • Personal anecdote

B. (Happy) Kliban's Cats

Submitted by PeterElias on Thu, 03/08/2018 - 06:00

If you are not already acquainted with B. Kliban and his cats, perhaps this will convince you should be.

 

Sharking cats..

Or this...

Meat loaf or cat

Or this:

 

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    • Humor

I TOLD them it was unsustainable...

Submitted by PeterElias on Mon, 03/05/2018 - 06:00

LL Bean recently announced the end of their famous and generous unlimited free-return policy, which guaranteed a lifetime free replacement. It was inevitable, and I told them so.

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    • Personal anecdote

a total stranger...

Submitted by PeterElias on Thu, 03/01/2018 - 06:00

a total stranger one black day


(by edward estlin (e e ) cummings)


a total stranger one black day
knocked living the hell out of me-- 

who found forgiveness hard because
my(as it happened)self he was 

-but now that fiend and i are such
immortal friends the other's each.

 

 

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    • Psychology and behavioral economics

Mangled medicalese

Submitted by PeterElias on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 06:00

The language of medicine is highly evolved and complex and allows clear, detailed, specific and unambiguous descriptions. Except when it’s not.

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    • Medicine
    • Humor

Chaos

Submitted by PeterElias on Thu, 02/22/2018 - 06:00

"Without order nothing can exist - without chaos nothing can evolve."

(Unknown)

 

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    • Philosophy and ethics

Stickiness

Submitted by PeterElias on Mon, 02/19/2018 - 06:00

An important part of medical care is the sharing of information.

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    • Medicine

Innovate or devolve

Submitted by PeterElias on Fri, 02/16/2018 - 06:00

“If you are not innovating, you are deteriorating.” 

― Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

 

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    • Management

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