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Seduction
Another character in Roots and Branches and Making the Cut: My Mother
Sins & Glory
Characters in “Roots & Branches” and "Making the Cut" Like in fairy tales, Abdel Aziz’s stepmother was a sinful woman....
More about the Characters in Roots & Branches and the Podcast “Making the Cut”
In this series I'll introduce the main characters of the hugely popular podcast "Making the Cut" makingthecutpodcast.com....
The LeRoy Catastrophe: A story of death, determination, and the importance of nutrition in medicine.
“To this day, I wonder whether his death certificate truly reflected the cause of death: ‘physician-induced’ malnutrition.”...
Follow-Up on Hospital Malnutrition
In 2015 I published an article in the Columbia Medical Review outlining one of the most horrifying cases of...
Book Reviews
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day (Vintage International, 1993) is by Kazuo Ishiguro, the...
A Treasure Trove of Florida Stories
The Marco Island Writers annual anthologies contain works written by its dynamic members, all established authors. The...
The Red-Haired Woman
Suggested Aid to Writers
An unconventional dictionary, which nevertheless is tremendous help to writers....
Two eminently readable books about physicians and their lifetime service to patients.
Do No Harm (Henry Marsh, Picador 2014) Fragile Lives (Professor Stephen Westaby, HarperCollins 2017)