<span itemprop="author">Joseph Baskin, MD

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The unspoken contract between doctors and patients: Navigating mental illness in the jail setting

There exists an unspoken contract between doctors and patients. The patient tells the doctor what is wrong with as much detail as possible, and the doctor uses their knowledge and skills to make the patient feel better. However, this paradigm does not …

The abusive surgeon and the sleep-deprived intern: a novel

An excerpt from Doctor Zhulik. Christmas Eve “You know, you’re the worst f*cking intern I have ever seen.” How can he make such a declarative judgment when I’m just holding retraction? You coulda used one of those metal retracto…