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“The red/blue/green/yellow pants were cut prior to examination, revealing blue/red/white underwear. Black/white/green shoes were removed.†“On the left dorsal hand is a monochromatic tattoo stating ‘kitten’ with an abstract design.†These are the kinds of phrases that greet me every time I pick up an autopsy report. I have the job of […] In today’s hyper-evolving social media, with GPS mapping and crowd-sourcing of vast amounts of information, it might seem quaint, if not downright foolish, to believe that old school journalism’s low-tech and low-cost approaches — a pen, a pad, and shoe-leather investigation — could result in an article that ignites a global furor. We’re talking about […] Sam is infamous. Nurses groan when they hear he’s at triage. He only has two states of consciousness — drunk or withdrawing from alcohol. Literally. Sam usually comes to the ER or clinic by ambulance, often because a good Samaritan thought he wasn’t breathing as he lay in a soiled pouf of tangled blankets on […] We all live in fear of that moment. You know the one – when your nice, but kind of formal, doctor rolls over on his stool to tell you the results of your biopsy. Before the words even leave his lips, you know. You know it’s bad, and your brain flees, backing away into a […] I got a chance to interview Jesse Mendoza of Jordan International Aid who is in Japan right now doing relief work. You can listen to the live interview, below. Numbers and reports from the area are changing all the time. Jesse gave me some idea of what it is like there right now in the […] Sentenced to indefinite homelessness It is universally acknowledged that the first wave of homelessness occurred when the mental health system was abolished. Many would argue that a second wave of homelessness occurred when vast amounts of affordable housing were eliminated. I would argue that a third wave of a more desperate, intractable, and frequently violent […] |
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