Soundings by George Dunea, MD

The articles listed below are from the column in British Medical Journal, Soundings. They were written by George Dunea, MD, President and CEO of the Hektoen Institute of Medicine. Click on each link to view the full text of the article.

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2006

• On reading Proust, BMJ, Jan. 7
• Axel_Munthe_and_The_Story_of_San_Michele, BMJ, Mar.4
• Glimpses_of_the_past, BMJ, Apr.29
• Unauthorized_practices, BMJ, Jun.17
• Marriage_a_la_mode, BMJ, Aug.19
• Symphonic_praise, BMJ, Oct.14
• Pills_with_a_doughnut_hole, BMJ, Dec.9

 

2005

• Of_cats,_mice,_and_cocaine, BMJ, Feb.5
• Heart_fever, BMJ, Mar.26
• Compassionate_care, BMJ, May 21
• Uncompassionate_care, BMJ, Jul. 23
• Looking_sideways, BMJ, Aug. 20-27
• Beans, BMJ, Oct. 22

 

2004

• In committee, BMJ, Feb.14
• 0n covering one's mouth (when yawning), BMJ, Apr. 7
• Discontents, BMJ, May 15
• Three puzzling cases, BMJ, Jul. 10
• Privacy concerns, BMJ, Aug. 28
• The gas we pass, BMJ, Oct. 16
• In captivity at Lewes, BMJ, Dec. 4

 

2003

• Geese of a different feather, BMJ, Jan. 25

• Speech that irritates, BMJ, Mar. 1
• Educating the consumer, BMJ, Apr. 19
• Young doctors, old lawyers, BMJ, Jun. 7
• Medical thaumaturgy, BMJ, Aug. 16
• Weapons of mass destruction kill dinosaurs, BMJ, Sept. 13
• Diagnosing house officer fatigue, BMJ, Nov. 1
• A gift for Thanksgiving , BMJ, Dec. 13

 

2002

• Teaching hospital teams, BMJ, Feb. 9

• Imaginary conversations , BMJ, Mar. 23
• Holes in the heart, BMJ, May 4
• Surfing the web, BMJ, Jun. 15
• A gross story, BMJ, Jul. 27
• Too many to count, BMJ, Sept. 7
• Spraying lawns and eating grass, BMJ, Oct. 19
• If I ruled the world, BMJ, Nov. 30

 

2001

• Au zinc, BMJ, Jan. 13
• Feeding frenzy, BMJ, Feb. 24
• Some diseases must declare themselves, BMJ, Apr. 7
• The cow war, BMJ, May 12
• Executing Timothy McVeigh, BMJ, Jun. 23
• Alphabet soups, BMJ, Aug. 18
• Good news, and some bad, BMJ, Sep. 22
• Escape to Eden, BMJ, Nov. 3
• Clients on diets, BMJ, Dec. 15

 

2000

• Looking for the man who fell off the roof, BMJ, Jan. 29

• Crisis in the air, BMJ, Mar. 18

• A medical error, BMJ, May 6
• Cunegonde's ears, or multiple medical errors, BMJ, Jun.24
• Summer news, BMJ, Aug. 12
• What not to do, BMJ, Sep. 30
• Magnifcus in distress, BMJ, Nov. 18

 

1999

• Vampires, BMJ, Jan. 9

• Snow in Chicago, BMJ, Feb. 13
• Erratum, BMJ, Mar. 20
• Premedical Science, BMJ, Apr. 24
• Basic Science, BMJ, May 29
• Beastly handwriting, BMJ, Jul. 3
• Fancy drugs for worried folks, BMJ, Aug. 21
• Pinot noir powders, BMJ, Sept. 25
• BIBA but LGFTD, BMJ, Nov. 27

 

1998

• Looking back on 1997, BMJ, Jan. 17
• Perils of primary care, BMJ, Feb. 21
• Mistakes, BMJ, Mar. 28
• Death by injection, BMJ, May 2
• Say no to viagra, BMJ, Jun. 6
• Catastrophic cat care, BMJ, Jul. 11
• It's the quality that counts, BMJ, Aug. 15
• Evaluation and management guidelines, BMJ, Sept. 19
• One's own petard, BMJ, Oct. 24
• The people vote; the doctor calls, BMJ, Nov. 21

 

1997

• Mangia_meno_(eat_less), BMJ, Jan. 18
• Alternative_options, BMJ, Feb. 22
• Breakthroughs_and_wars, BMJ, Mar. 29
• Night_of_the_gatekeeper, BMJ, May 3
• Noise_at_Rhinoceros_General, BMJ, Jun. 7
• Lesson_of_the_year, BMJ, Jul. 12
• Diagnosing_trees_and_men, BMJ, Aug. 16
• Better_ads_for_healthier_people, BMJ, Sept. 20
• Feast_or_famine, BMJ, Nov. 8
• Downsizing_at_Rhinoceros_General, BMJ, Nov. 29

 

1996

• Like the plagues of Egypt, BMJ, Jan. 6
• Buy low, sell high, BMJ, Feb. 10
• Over spilt coffee, BMJ, Mar. 2
• Venice from the air, BMJ, Mar. 23
• Vertical integration, BMJ, Apr. 20
• The cruellest month, BMJ, May, 18
• Green couch, BMJ, Jun. 8
• Princely visit, BMJ, Jul. 13
• Jane Austen's doctors and patients, BMJ, Aug. 24
• Legistalive flurry, BMJ, Sept. 28
• Too many notes, BMJ, Oct. 26
• Salt and other enemies, BMJ, Dec. 7

 

1995

• Pretending_physicians_and_other_new_breeds, BMJ, Jan. 7

• To_heal_on_wheels, BMJ, Feb. 4
• He_no_look_good, BMJ, Mar. 4
• Dangers_of_Afghan_food, BMJ, Apr. 8
• The_way_we_eat_now, BMJ, Apr. 22
• Telling_the_patient, BMJ, Jun. 3
• Extracting_the_history, BMJ, Jun. 24
• Malpractice_reform, BMJ, Jul. 22
• Emergency_room_medicine_1, BMJ, Aug. 26
• Emergency_room_medicine_2, BMJ, Sept. 30
• Long_hot_summer, BMJ, Oct. 21
• Little_yellow_cold_pills, BMJ, Dec. 2

 

1994

• Bus_drivers' rights, BMJ, Jan. 15
• Many_physicians_have_slain_a_king, BMJ, Jan. 29
• The_judge_makes_hospital_rounds, BMJ, Mar. 5
• Caring_for_Mrs._Brown, BMJ, Apr. 2
• Requiem_for_the_humanities, BMJ, Apr. 30
• Tobacco_wars, BMJ, May 28
• Lethal_injection, BMJ, Jun. 11
• Looking_for_breakthroughs, BMJ, Jul. 2
• Attending_physician_abuse, BMJ, Aug. 6
• Chronobiology, BMJ, Sept. 3
• In_praise_of_disagreeable_news, BMJ, Sept. 17
• Vaccines_for_children, BMJ, Oct. 15
• Down_and_out_in_Italy, BMJ, Nov. 5
• Baby_Richard, BMJ, Dec. 5

 

1993

• Informed_consumers, BMJ, Jan. 2
• Impasse, BMJ, Jan. 23
• The_homeless, BMJ, Feb. 20
• Killers_in_the_basement, BMJ, Mar. 20
• Virus_kills_primary_care_donkey, BMJ, Apr. 10
• From_the_free_weekly_observer, BMJ, May 1
• In_whom_to_trust, BMJ, May 29
• Realigning_the_spine, BMJ, Jul. 3
• Strange_diseases, BMJ, Jul. 31
• Advice_from_Polonius, BMJ, Aug. 21
• Floods, BMJ, Oct. 2
• The_brain_trust_returns, BMJ, Oct. 23
• Moon_over_Slovakia, BMJ, Nov. 20
• Low_ATP_disease, BMJ, Dec. 4

 

1992

• Fallibility, BMJ, Jan. 4
• Closing_the_hospitals, BMJ, Jan. 25
• Left_hands, BMJ, Feb. 29
• Relative_values_arrive, BMJ, Mar. 14
• Surrogates_-_speaking_for_patients_helps_doctors, BMJ, Apr. 18
• Drug_ethics, BMJ, May 2
• Breast_implants_-_silicone_cash_cow, BMJ, May 30
• History_of_food_-_thinking_of_Lucy, BMJ, Jun. 13
• Clouds_in_intensive_care, BMJ, Jul. 4
• Reforming_health_care_-_calling_for_Mr._Yeltsin, BMJ, Aug. 1
• Tracking_medical_devices, BMJ, Aug. 22
• Thinking_the_unthinkable-_rationing_and_assisted_suicide, BMJ, Sept. 19
• From_millimoles_to_Maastricht, BMJ, Oct. 10
• Doctors_from_abroad, BMJ, Nov. 21

 

1991

• Nonsenserine, BMJ, Jul. 27
• Perfume, BMJ, Aug. 3
• Lawyers_and_doctors, BMJ, Sept. 28
• Flying_down_under, BMJ, Oct. 5
• Burning_down_their_houses, BMJ, Nov. 2
• At_night, BMJ, Nov. 30