Veronica Bonales, MD writes for KevinMD:
I am a true crime buff, and I work in the emergency department. Sometimes the two seem to blur together.
In my career, I have followed my patients to the coroner’s office, going to see the autopsies on traumas, sudden deaths, or sometimes murders. We can do CT scans or MRIs. I can look at images and labs galore, but there’s nothing like looking at a fresh dissection to really appreciate the traumatic or natural process that led to someone’s death.
In the ED, we see a lot of human drama. We see people at their worst. We see dysfunctional families. We see the problems of substance abuse and mental disorders. We see those who get “lost in the system” or who are simply “lost.”
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