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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
- BMJ 2006, Jan. 7 - On reading Proust
- BMJ 2006, March 4 - Axel_Munthe_and_The_Story_of_San_Michele
- BMJ2006,_April_29_-_Glimpses_of_the_past
- BMJ2006,_June_17_-_Unauthorized_practices
- BMJ2006,_Aug._19_-_Marriage_a_la_mode
- BMJ2006,_Oct._14_-_Symphonic_praise
- BMJ2006,_Dec._9_-_Pills_with_a_doughnut_hole
2005
- BMJ2005, Feb. 5 - Of_cats,_mice,_and_cocaine
- BMJ2005, March 26 - Heart_fever
- BMJ2005, May 21 - Compassionate_care
- BMJ2005, July 23 - Uncompassionate_care
- BMJ2005, Aug. 20-27 - Looking_sideways
- BMJ2005, Oct. 22 - Beans
2004
- BMJ2004, Feb. 14 - In committee
- BMJ2004, April 7 - 0n covering one's mouth (when yawning)
- BMJ2004, May 15 - Discontents
- BMJ2004, July 10 - Three puzzling cases
- BMJ2004, Aug. 28 - Privacy concerns
- BMJ2004, Oct. 16 - The gas we pass
- BMJ2004, Dec. 4 - In captivity at Lewes
2003
- BMJ2003, Jan. 25 - Geese of a different feather
- BMJ2003, March 1 - Speech that irritates
- BMJ2003, April 19 - Educating the consumer
- BMJ2003, June 7 - Young doctors, old lawyers
- BMJ2003, Aug. 16 - Medical thaumaturgy
- BMJ2003, Sept. 13 - Weapons of mass destruction kill dinosaurs
- BMJ2003, Nov. 1st - Diagnosing house officer fatigue
- BMJ2003, Dec. 13 - A gift for Thanksgiving
2002
- BMJ2002, Feb.9 - Teaching hospital teams
- BMJ2002, March 23 - Imaginary conversations
- BMJ2002, May 4 - Holes in the heart
- BMJ2002, June 15 - Surfing the web
- BMJ2002, July 27 - A gross story
- BMJ2002, Sept. 7 - Too many to count
- BMJ2002, Oct. 19 - Spraying lawns and eating grass
- BMJ2002, Nov. 30 - If I ruled the world
2001
- BMJ2001, Jan. 13 - Au zinc
- BMJ2001, Feb. 24 - Feeding frenzy
- BMJ2001, April 7 - Some diseases must declare themselves
- BMJ2001, May 12 - The cow war
- BMJ2001, June 23 - Executing Timothy McVeigh
- BMJ2001, Aug. 18 - Alphabet soups
- BMJ2001, Sept. 22 - Good news, and some bad
- BMJ2001, Nov. 3 - Escape to Eden
- BMJ2001, Dec. 15 - Clients on diets
2000
- BMJ2000, Jan. 29 - Looking for the man who fell off the roof
- BMJ2000, March 18 - Crisis in the air
- BMJ2000, May 6 - A medical error
- BMJ2000, June 24 - Cunegonde's ears, or multiple medical errors
- BMJ2000, Aug. 12 - Summer news
- BMJ2000, Sept. 30 - What not to do
- BMJ2000, Nov. 18 - Magnifcus in distress
1999
- BMJ1999, Jan 9 - Vampires
- BMJ1999, Feb. 13 - Snow in Chicago
- BMJ1999, March 20 - Erratum
- BMJ1999, April 24 - Premedical Science
- BMJ1999, May 29 - Basic Science
- BMJ1999, July 3 - Beastly handwriting
- BMJ1999, Aug. 21 - Fancy drugs for worried folks
- BMJ1999, Sept. 25 - Pinot noir powders
- BMJ1999, Nov. 27 - BIBA but LGFTD
1998
- BMJ1998, Jan. 17 - Looking back on 1997
- BMJ1998, Feb. 21 - Perils of primary care
- BMJ1998, March 28 - Mistakes
- BMJ1998, May 2 - Death by injection
- BMJ1998, June 6 - Say no to viagra
- BMJ1998, July 11 - Catastrophic cat care
- BMJ1998, Aug. 15 - It's the quality that counts
- BMJ1998, Sept. 19 - Evaluation and management guidelines
- BMJ1998, Oct. 24 - One's own petard
- BMJ1998, Nov. 21 - The people vote; the doctor calls
1997
- BMJ1997,_Jan._18_-_Mangia_meno_(eat_less)
- BMJ1997,_Feb._22_-_Alternative_options
- BMJ1997,_March_29_-_Breakthroughs_and_wars
- BMJ1997,_May_3_-_Night_of_the_gatekeeper
- BMJ1997,_June_7_-_Noise_at_Rhinoceros_General
- BMJ1997,_July_12_-_Lesson_of_the_year
- BMJ1997,_Aug._16_-_Diagnosing_trees_and_men
- BMJ1997,_Sept._20_-_Better_ads_for_healthier_people
- BMJ1997,_Nov._8_-_Feast_or_famine
- BMJ1997,_Nov._29_-_Downsizing_at_Rhinoceros_General
1996
- BMJ1996, Jan. 6 - Like the plagues of Egypt
- BMJ1996, Feb. 10 - Buy low, sell high
- BMJ1996, March 2 - Over spilt coffee
- BMJ1996, March 23 - Venice from the air
- BMJ1996, April 20 - Vertical integration
- BMJ1996, May 18 - The cruellest month
- BMJ1996, June 8 - Green couch
- BMJ1996, July 13 - Princely visit
- BMJ1996, Aug. 24 - Jane Austen's doctors and patients
- BMJ1996, Sept. 28 - Legistalive flurry
- BMJ1996, Oct. 26 - Too many notes
- BMJ1996, Dec. 7 - Salt and other enemies
1995
- BMJ1995,_Jan._7_-_Pretending_physicians_and_other_new_breeds
- BMJ1995,_Feb._4_-_To_heal_on_wheels
- BMJ1995,_March_4_-_He_no_look_good
- BMJ1995,_April_8_-_Dangers_of_Afghan_food
- BMJ1995,_April_22_-_The_way_we_eat_now
- BMJ1995,_June_3_-_Telling_the_patient
- BMJ1995,_June_24_-_Extracting_the_history
- BMJ1995,_July_22_-_Malpractice_reform
- BMJ1995,_Aug._26_-_Emergency_room_medicine_1
- BMJ1995,_Sept._30_-_Emergency_room_medicine_2
- BMJ1995,_Oct._21_-_Long_hot_summer
- BMJ1995,_Dec._2_-_Little_yellow_cold_pills
1994
- BMJ1994,_Jan._15_-_Bus_drivers' rights
- BMJ1994,_Jan._29_-_Many_physicians_have_slain_a_king
- BMJ1994,_March_5_-_The_judge_makes_hospital_rounds
- BMJ1994,_April_2_-_Caring_for_Mrs._Brown
- BMJ1994,_April_30_-_Requiem_for_the_humanities
- BMJ1994,_May_28_-_Tobacco_wars
- BMJ1994,_June_11_-_Lethal_injection
- BMJ1994,_July_2_-_Looking_for_breakthroughs
- BMJ1994,_Aug._6_-_Attending_physician_abuse
- BMJ1994,_Sept._3_-_Chronobiology
- BMJ1994,_Sept._17_-_In_praise_of_disagreeable_news
- BMJ1994,_Oct._15_-_Vaccines_for_children
- BMJ1994,_Nov._5_-_Down_and_out_in_Italy
- BMJ1994,_Dec._3_-_Baby_Richard
1993
- BMJ1993,_Jan._2_-_Informed_consumers
- BMJ1993,_Jan._23_-_Impasse
- BMJ1993,_Feb._20_-_The_homeless
- BMJ1993,_March_20_-_Killers_in_the_basement
- BMJ1993,_April_10_-_Virus_kills_primary_care_donkey
- BMJ1993,_May_1_-_From_the_free_weekly_observer
- BMJ1993,_May_29_-_In_whom_to_trust
- BMJ1993,_July_3_-_Realigning_the_spine
- BMJ1993,_July_31_-_Strange_diseases
- BMJ1993,_Aug._21_-_Advice_from_Polonius
- BMJ1993,_Oct._2_-_Floods
- BMJ1993,_Oct._23_-_The_brain_trust_returns
- BMJ1993,_Nov._20_-_Moon_over_Slovakia
- BMJ1993,_Dec._4_-_Low_ATP_disease
1992
- BMJ1992,_Jan._4_-_Fallibility
- BMJ1992,_Jan._25_-_Closing_the_hospitals
- BMJ1992,_Feb._29_-_Left_hands
- BMJ1992,_March_14_-_Relative_values_arrive
- BMJ1992,_April_18_-_Surrogates_-_speaking_for_patients_helps_doctors
- BMJ1992,_May_2_-_Drug_ethics
- BMJ1992,_May_30_-_Breast_implants_-_silicone_cash_cow
- BMJ1992,_June_13_-_History_of_food_-_thinking_of_Lucy
- BMJ1992,_July_4_-_Clouds_in_intensive_care
- BMJ1992,_Aug._1_-_Reforming_health_care_-_calling_for_Mr._Yeltsin
- BMJ1992,_Aug._22_-_Tracking_medical_devices
- BMJ1992,_Sept._19_-_Thinking_the_unthinkable-_rationing_and_assisted_suicide
- BMJ1992,_Oct._10_-_From_millimoles_to_Maastricht
- BMJ1992,_Nov._21_-_Doctors_from_abroad