You know that feeling?
That there-must-be-a-better-way feeling? That are-you-kidding-me-right-now feeling?
I do.
I’m Dr. Alice Hucko. Pediatrician. Writer. Mom of three. Always this close to having it all figured out. This is a blog about hospital life, doctor life, parent life, and the ongoing process of trying to make sense of it all.
I’m not trying to be wise, that would be foolish. I’m just chattering.
Mary Oliver, “I Don’t Want To Be Demure Or Respectable”
Recent Posts
- Empathy Is the Superpower That Bends the Arc Toward JusticeDr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” But the truth is, it does not bend on its own. It bends because people pull it toward justice- through action, through courage, and most of all, through empathy.
- Is Entropy In the System Inevitable?Right now, it feels like we’re living in a time of accelerating entropy. The momentum that once drove progress is dissipating- like energy lost to friction- fading into something less useful, something harder to reclaim. But is this process inevitable?
- Pursuing a Watchful Waiting Approach to LifeWhat if we paused and asked ourselves these three questions: 1. Is there a reasonable chance this will resolve on its own? 2. Am I certain this is truly a problem? 3. What is the opportunity cost of acting to solve this right now?
- How a Misalignment of Goals Leads to Bad HealthcareWhat is the goal of a hospital? All too often, different members of an organization have different goals, to the detriment of patient care and healthcare systems as a whole.
- What Happens When Doctors Become The Scapegoats Of A Broken SystemIt’s all too easy to blame physicians for everything that is wrong with healthcare today. We are the most visible, the top of the medical food chain, it would appear. Except, we aren’t.