Tagged Triage

Hippocrates in Danger: COVID-19 and the Missed Care Epidemic

Gina Wiste
COVID-19, Global, Narrative, Public Health
October 4, 2020

“Wait,” the nurse says, poking her head through the curtain into my room in the ER, “I haven’t told them yet.” My heart drops and my teeth start to chatter; this must mean my chest and back pain weren’t as benign as I’d thought. “Well,” the doctor who had been cut off by the nurse,…

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Do No Harm

Lauren Seidman
Policy, Sociocultural Perspectives
April 8, 2019

“Prinum Non Nocere”; Medical School Students say these lines in the Hippocratic Oath, pledging to do no harm. Traditionally this promise is made with the notion that physicians will do everything in their power to cure ailing patients. Yet, complications arise when doctors make decisions on who, and what to prioritize when they must provide…

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