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Articles by Pamela

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Successful Treatment of Neurotoxin Envenomation

The growing trend toward the collection of exotic snakes by private collectors increases the likelihood that emergency physicians will face the challenge of treating an exotic envenomation. …

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If You Didn’t Get a Chance to Say Goodbye

“I’m ready to die,” Mr. G. announced to his wife who was standing at his side. She understood this need as she had witnessed the decline from a lung disease which first stole the living out of life and then stole the life out of everything else as he fought …

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3 Reasons Why Church Members Fail When They Share The Gospel

My husband, Scott, and I were having dinner with a small group of friends recently. These good friends are passionate for Jesus and live purposefully to serve Him. However, two of these friends are doctors with careers that reflect a love of academia and authorship, and they are smart, probably …

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On Living and Dying: Advice From a Doctor Who Deals With Terminally Ill Patients

The COVID-19 pandemic may finally be slowing, but it has shone a stark light on one human problem that we’ll never escape. One day, books analyzing the pandemic will fill whole rows in libraries, but no analysis can dim the glaring human condition that we must face—the fact that we’re …

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It’s Never Too Early To Plan To Die

Death can arrive as a slow-moving steam engine that can be heard long before a fateful switch of the tracks directs it into our path. Death can also arrive as a semi-truck running a stop sign shrouded in fog and its screaming brakes are felt as they coincide with the …

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Paradigm Shift: From Health Control to Medically Dependent

We’ve all had the experience of a temporary illness. You’re healthy one day, but the next morning, you wake up with some kind of bug. You take some medicine, get some rest, and a couple days later, you’re back to normal. In a week, this episode is all but forgotten. …

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We Will Never Forget the Superheroes of 911

It was a beautiful Tuesday morning on September 11, 2001. I was making rounds in the hospital greeting a couple of patients with a smile, as I knew they were well enough to go home that day. …

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What Does it Mean to Have a Good Death?

In the past 30 years, I have had countless end-of-life conversations both in state-of-the-art hospitals in the United States and in more nascent clinics in Rwanda. They are always soul-wrenching. Typically, you can feel a heavy mixture of fear, disbelief, sorrow and regret in the air. Sometimes, the only measure …

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Overcoming Depression with Mindful Meditation

Era un consultorio común y corriente: los sofás y las sillas estaban bien gastados por los pacientes que me precedieron. El terapeuta me dijo: “Tome asiento, donde quiera”. …

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If You Didn’t Get a Chance to Say Goodbye

“I’m ready to die,” Mr. G. announced to his wife who was standing at his side. She understood this need as she had witnessed the decline from a lung disease which first stole the living out of life and then stole the life out of everything else as he fought …

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A Crucial Conversation to Have With Your Child

Children are smart, intuitive, and great multi-taskers. My granddaughter, Emery, is now 10. She has this incredible ability to be completely engaged in homework, playing with her younger brother, or watching TV and with the wisdom that only a child can have will interject into a conversation of adults taking …

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Loving Your Mother to Death

Loving a mother is forever, from the first moment you become aware of her presence to the last breath you yourself take on this planet. The most difficult time to love her is, of course, at the time of her death. …