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Valerie Brooke, MD

Jan 21, 20235 min read

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

Feb 20, 20224 min read

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

Dec 12, 20213 min read

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

Jun 28, 20214 min read

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

Mar 1, 20214 min read

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...