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Lately I’ve seen some commentary about how people should just hush up about gasoline prices.

While I’m certainly no economist, or expert in petroleum supply chains, I can say a few things with certainty. America is a very large…

Jun 10, 2022

Jun 10, 2022

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Truth, and People, Die in Silence

I have been writing columns for physicians for twenty years. And year after year I have had physicians say this: ‘I’m glad you said what…

Apr 3, 2020

Apr 3, 2020

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A Little Advice for Locums Recruiters

Dear locums physician recruiters,

Dec 4, 2019

A Little Advice for Locums Recruiters

Dec 4, 2019

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What if people behaved in public the way they do in the emergency department?

It’s often hard to describe what happens in a busy emergency department. Many of us who spend our days or nights immersed in the soup of…

Sep 22, 2019

Sep 22, 2019

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Parents as Anchors

I had occasion to use an anchor recently. We rented a boat on Lake Jocassee, not far from where we live. We pulled into shore for lunch…

Aug 2, 2019

Aug 2, 2019

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Maybe July 1st in the hospital isn’t so dangerous after all.

Every year it’s the same joke. ‘Watch out on July 1st! It’s dangerous out there! The new residents are starting!’

Jul 4, 2019

Maybe July 1st in the hospital isn’t so dangerous after all.

Jul 4, 2019

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Is College the Best Time of Life? Hopefully not.

I was recently talking to a high school student who was struggling with a decision about where to go to college. ‘But the thing is, it’s…

May 18, 2019

May 18, 2019

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Schizophrenia, Hopeless Chaos and the ER.

Here is a standard emergency department situation, played out all across America today.

May 18, 2019

Schizophrenia, Hopeless Chaos and the ER.

May 18, 2019

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Remember That Patient You Saw?

What a horrible question that always was. You came to work and a friend would come up to you quietly and take you aside.

Feb 24, 2019

Remember That Patient You Saw?

Feb 24, 2019

Edwin Leap

Remember That Patient You Saw?

What a horrible question that always was. You came to work and a friend would come up to you quietly and take you aside.

Feb 23, 2019

Feb 23, 2019

Edwin Leap

Edwin Leap

Convinced Christian, husband, father of four and emergency physician; columnist Greenville News, Emergency Medicine News, Baptist Courier, blogger.

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