Other Writings
Here are a handful of articles I wrote before I got into yoga full-time ...
Healing in a Hurry
Co-written by health journalist Suzanne Gordon, Healing in a Hurry originally appeared in the Nation magazine March 1, 1999. The article, which talks about the efforts to save money by discharging patients earlier and earlier from the hospital, was reprinted in the "Crossroads" Reader which accompanies Curran & Renzetti's academic book "Social Problems" (Publisher: Allyn & Bacon).
When Your Doctors Disagree
This article originally appeared in the magazine New Choices and won the 1997 National Health Information Gold Award developed as a seal of quality by the Health Information Resource Center. According to the Mayo Clinic, whose health newsletter won the award in 2000, the organization is a national clearinghouse for consumer health information whose annual awards program is the largest of its kind.
Foreword to Healthnet
Your Essential Resource for the Most Up-to-Date Medical Information Online (John Wiley & Sons, 1997) was one of the first comprehensive guides to finding health information on the internet. Click here to read Timothy’s foreword to the book which deals with the changing power relationships between doctors and patients.
The Impact of Long Working Hours on Resident Physicians
Published in 1988 by the New England Journal of Medicine, was a critical analysis of the policy of forcing doctors-in-training to work 36 hour shifts and more than 100 hours per week. The article argued that the situation was bad for residents, bad for medical education and bad for the quality of patient care -- and was the first major analysis of the topic written from the perspective of a medical resident. While recent rule changes have improved the situation to some degree, many of the issues discussed in the article -- Timothy’s first -- remain relevant today.
Co-written by health journalist Suzanne Gordon, Healing in a Hurry originally appeared in the Nation magazine March 1, 1999. The article, which talks about the efforts to save money by discharging patients earlier and earlier from the hospital, was reprinted in the "Crossroads" Reader which accompanies Curran & Renzetti's academic book "Social Problems" (Publisher: Allyn & Bacon).
When Your Doctors Disagree
This article originally appeared in the magazine New Choices and won the 1997 National Health Information Gold Award developed as a seal of quality by the Health Information Resource Center. According to the Mayo Clinic, whose health newsletter won the award in 2000, the organization is a national clearinghouse for consumer health information whose annual awards program is the largest of its kind.
Foreword to Healthnet
Your Essential Resource for the Most Up-to-Date Medical Information Online (John Wiley & Sons, 1997) was one of the first comprehensive guides to finding health information on the internet. Click here to read Timothy’s foreword to the book which deals with the changing power relationships between doctors and patients.
The Impact of Long Working Hours on Resident Physicians
Published in 1988 by the New England Journal of Medicine, was a critical analysis of the policy of forcing doctors-in-training to work 36 hour shifts and more than 100 hours per week. The article argued that the situation was bad for residents, bad for medical education and bad for the quality of patient care -- and was the first major analysis of the topic written from the perspective of a medical resident. While recent rule changes have improved the situation to some degree, many of the issues discussed in the article -- Timothy’s first -- remain relevant today.
