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My recent posts
- Key Points from Book: Chip War
- Key Points from Book: Oceans of Grain – How American Wheat Remade the World
- Key Points from Book: How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them
- Key Points from Book: Wanting – The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
- Lisbon Day 11: Flying Over Lisbon, Belem Tower, Jerónimos Monastery, Sunset at Miradouro da Senhora do Monte, Back to Montreal
- Lisbon Day 10: Old Lisbon, Museu Arqueológico do Carmo, Ceramics Shop, Telecabine Lisboa
- Lisbon Day 9: Going Around Lisbon, Museu Coleção Berardo, Sunset at Boca de Vento Elevator
- Sintra Day 8: Tap Air Portugal Disaster, Bus to Lisbon, Relaxing at Sintra
- Seville Day 7: Plaza de España, Royal Alcázars of Seville, Setas de Sevilla
- Seville Day 6: Barcelona to Seville Train Ride, Catedral de Sevilla, Seville Museum of Fine Arts
- Barcelona Day 5: Shopping in Passeig de Gracia, Around University Area and Torres Gloriés
- Barcelona Day 4: Shopping at La Roca Village, Tibidabo, Amazing Dinner at La Flautes
- Barcelona Day 3: Moco Museum, Shopping, Casa Milà, Casa Batlló
- Barcelona Day 2: Montjuïc National Palace, Joan Miro Foundation, Picasso Museum, Dinner at Peix Vela
- Barcelona Day 1: Departure from Montreal, Palau de la Musica, Sagrada Familia
- The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era
- Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Explain Everything About the World
- The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution is Transforming Currencies and Finance
- Key Points from Book: Trillions
- Key Points from Book: Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
Tag Archives: death
Key Points from Books: The Examined Life
The last book I picked to read in 2021 was rather unique, far from the fields I’m working in or from the other books I have been reading over the year. The Examined Life is written by psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz … Continue reading
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Tagged avoidance, death, examined life, life, pscyhology, reflection, stephen grosz, trauma, understanding emotion
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Medical Student View on Medicine and Death
-I kept the ultrasound. Someone I never met.- It was a usual morning in the neurology ward I studied at, beginning with patient’s morning assessment and completed with morning report. Suddenly we hear a man shouting outside the room, he … Continue reading
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Tagged comfort, cure, death, doctor, emergency, experience, family, hospital, IUFD, life, medical school, student
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Human and Desperation
“Don’t dare a person who has nothing else left to lose.” ― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Kiss an Angel I was on neurology department for my medical clerkship this month when a 19 years old women came two weeks ago. She is having … Continue reading
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Tagged clerkship, contribution, courage, death, desperate, hospital, life, low time, medical school, stress, suffering, tunraround
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