Here are a few recent Palliative Care cartoons from the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management and AAHPM Quarterly! I’m grateful, and still a bit surprised, to have my scatterbrained cartoons featured in respectable publications… Images copyright ©2018 Nathan A. Gray
Read More Flute Music, Existential Distress, and Sloppy Surgeons…A cartoon salute to the medical folks working this #LaborDay . . . Hope you’re able to feel appreciated for the hard work you do, even when you may feel toasted!! #LaborOnLaborDay #GraphicMedicine
Read More BurnoutIn honor of the July arrival of new doctors at teaching hospitals around the country, the Twittersphere is actively producing a variety of #TipsforNewDocs. Here is my own compiled and drawn list of 7 graphic tips to add to the mix. Number 1- Listen to #Nurses !! Number 2 – It’s hard to remember when […]
Read More #TipsForNewDocsLatest cartoon for AAHPM Quarterly…
Read More Bad NewsHard to believe, but Mickey Mouse has been kicking since 1928… time to catch up on health maintenance!!
Read More Mickey Turns 90…N. Gray, MD
Read More Struck by House, Initial Encounter…Nathan A. Gray – MD – Ok, Google and Amazon can’t do this (yet). However, Every person needs a medical decision-maker to be their voice when they can’t speak for themselves, and everyone needs to make sure their decision-maker knows what they want!
Read More Alexa, Make Bob My Healthcare Power of AttorneyN. Gray, MD I’ve definitely said my share of words that weren’t helpful in fragile moments with people who were suffering. Learning to be present without pity, preaching, or patronizing is an art that requires the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and hear your words with their ears. I find I’ve rarely […]
Read More Empathy: The Throw Pillow Rule of Thumb…I know that the ABIM (American Board of Internal Medicine) is working to respond to continued concerns about the costs and burdens of their maintenance of certification (MOC) program, but after spending more than $3,000 on initial certification (for primary and specialty boards) when I started out, the annual fee requirements to continue to “participate” […]
Read More A new year and that warm, fuzzy feeling of paying maintenance of certification fees…
