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I’ve always empathised deeply with my patients, yet I knew there was a limit. I could never truly  feel  what a patient feels. I couldn’t imagine what it’s really like to be a patient until I became one. When doctors say for instance, “It’s normal to have that pain for a few more weeks,” I used to assume those words were reassuring. But lying in a hospital bed after surgery, hearing something similar, I realised how differently those words sound when you’re the one in pain. E

The idea of a blog category titled “what it feels like to be ...” came to mind when I facilitated my first Schwartz round at my local...

Empowering patients with the right knowledge. It is time to move forward from a largely lip service to patient-doctor relationships to an...

The patient’s skin in the doctor’s game. The doctor’s skin in the system’s game. The patient is someone whose life undergoes a sharp turn...

It might sound odd at a first glance to describe surgeons as vulnerable. After all, a surgeons profile is usually associated with...

In 2012, I ran my very first marathon and it was the majestic London Marathon. 11 years later, I have completed 18 marathons running with...

Running with your mind over your body Doing my scheduled 10 mile run for Sunday. You know this feeling when you pre-empt an event by...