I travelled across Australia last week by air from Perth in Western Australia to Cairns in the far north of Queensland.
The Tunneler
August 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
I can’t escape its screeching cries,
Its siren serpents scorching eyes.
It draws me deep into the neath,
Below the wretches of the heath.
A Piece of My Mind – When You Come Into My Room
May 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It can be easy to lose sight of the reasons why we provide our time; why we strive to extend our knowledge base; and why we stretch our waking hours to accomodate those requiring assistance. Our daily mantra needs to include re-centralisation and a grounded abstinence from self-glorification…answers to clinical problems may lie in medical management, surgical intervention and pharmacological intervention, but we must never forget the power of empathy – a drug underutilised in modern medicine
Out, Out
January 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Stethoscope Song
May 3, 2009 By 1 Comment
‘The Stethoscope Song’ is a poem written in 1848 by American physician, essayist, and poet Oliver Wendell Holmes. There was a young man in Boston town, He bought him a stethoscope nice and new, All mounted and finished and polished down, With an ivory cap and a stopper too. It happened a spider within did [...]
Today I do not want to be a doctor
April 26, 2009 By 3 Comments
On the subject of doctors
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