To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Monday, March 17, 2025

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The Value Of Nurses

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH I never quite understood what “nursing” really meant until the past six months, when the supposed superstar doctor who operated on me in Phoenix [One of the smartest male doctors I know told me she was the best, a woman, how wonderful; beware gender bias.] made a mess of my intestines, leaving me rather critically ill with peritonitis and unbearable pain while she went to Maui. Some very fine physicians, in California […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.