katesolivia.bsky.social
Infectious diseases doctor treating people with weakened immune systems from transplants & cancer + Bioethicist + Yappy dog apologist on behalf of Wotan & Ozzy
👤 Joined on 19 November 2024
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@katesolivia.bsky.socialI’ve seen this happen in real life. During patient care, some doctors refer to guidelines as their “evidence” when discussing treatment decisions. But guidelines are not evidence—they’re interpretations of evidence. That’s an important distinction.
Show PostThis is part of a new section in Clinical Infectious Diseases which Hopkins ID doc and ethicist @katesolivia.bsky.social & I started this year. Since you two are well-established rabble-rousers, please let us know if you have ideas for articles!
Show PostWell, call me ignorant. Have never read Moby Dick and decided, for reasons, that this summer I would. Became instantly obsessed with "Etymology" and "Extracts," the actual first line about the pale usher and of course the sub-sub librarian. And have starting reading some scholarship on same.
Show PostHe resolved that he would not stop either, even though it was a huge sacrifice on his part. I believe this is what we owe our trainees: so long as they are invested in their work, we must be as well, even if it seems like the world is on fire around us, both literally and figuratively. 10/
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