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Getting COVID
DETECTED. SARS-CoV-2. There were the words on the lab results page I had seen so many times at the hospital where I worked. I never...
Valerie Brooke, MD
Jan 21, 20235 min read
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Death and Dying
I was not aware during my medical training how fearful patients and medical professionals are about the one thing that we all will...
Valerie Brooke, MD
Feb 20, 20224 min read
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Resilience
What type of person comes to mind when you think of the characteristic of resilience, the ability to continuously bounce back from...
Valerie Brooke, MD
Dec 12, 20213 min read
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Alcoholic Liver Disease and Loss
There was no hiding his ailment and why he had been admitted to the physical rehabilitation hospital. I could tell by looking at him from...
Valerie Brooke, MD
Jun 28, 20214 min read
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Blood and tears
Nothing in medical training really prepares you for the death of your first patient, the first time you officially pronounce a patient...
Valerie Brooke, MD
Mar 1, 20214 min read
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