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My seven-year old studies the poster in his older brother’s room. Baseball Rules. Always step into your throw. Don’t bunt on two strikes. There’s no

In the 1984 rock “mockumentary” This is Spinal Tap, a fictional band discusses the controversy surrounding one of their album covers. “There’s such a fine

The two-page letter of complaint was typed on crested letterhead. The words “utter disappointment” jumped off the page, bold-faced and caps-locked. “The doctors left me

The tracking board shows that there are three patients to be seen. Two have been waiting less than twenty minutes, and their charts are in

I’m ten minutes late by the time I stroll into the ER, black coffee in hand. Osler*, my cynical ER Flow Navigator, slaps a sticker

Triage Note: Fish hook in eye. No bleeding. Tetanus up to date. It’s a sunny weekend during cottage season. A young woman is rushed into