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Jay Baruch is an emergency physician and author of Tornado of Life: A Doctor’s Journey Through Constraints and Creativity in the ER.We discuss his emergency medicine journey, poignant cases, the importance of stories in the doctor-patient relationship, why writing is so important, and how physicians can be creative.
We all hit against moments when we question how we derive meaning in our lives. To this end, the vestigial appendix excels as a crafty provocateur. It demonstrates how there's nobility in hanging on, sticking around, and even being a pest. It challenges us to continually examine what we value in ourselves and others and why. The appendix is worthy of a poem or two.
To be an emergency room doctor is to be a professional listener to stories. Each patient presents a story; finding the heart of that story is the doctor's most critical task. More technology, more tests, and more data won't work if doctors get the story wrong.