Emily Silverman, MD
@emilysilverman
creator and host @thenocturnists | internal medicine doctor | vol assistant professor of medicine @ucsf | writer | seeker | 3w4 | INFJ | tweeting @ESilvermanMD
Emily Silverman, MD
The "Uncanny Valley" of healthcare. When doctors ALMOST seem to care...
Joshua Briscoe • Remaining Human: Avoiding the Uncanny Valley
An essay in JAMA, arguing that doctors should each lunch. Ideally with other people.
Lunchroom Revolution
Healthcare workers are inherently altruistic and self-sacrificing, and business exploits these traits by pushing clinicians to the edge of exhaustion.
New York Times • Opinion | The Business of Health Care Depends on Exploiting Doctors and Nurses (Published 2019)
Mental Health and
Revisiting the Time Needed to Provide Adult Primary Care - Journal of General Internal Medicine
link.springer.com
Primary Care and
The Rise and Potential of Physician Unions
jamanetwork.comHealthcare and
Lunchroom Revolution
jamanetwork.comCOVID dreams from healthcare workers, which speak to the terror/uncertainty of 2020-2201.