HOWARD GOLDSTEIN
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 2/3/2022
This call is personal: If I could call my 15-year-old self about plagues, perseverance and progress
If I could send a missive to my 15-year-old self, I'd tell him about the Beatles breaking up, hint at the moon-landing and mention a fair few plagues. - 12/30/2021
Retired but not expired
The page opened up and the first thing I saw was “expired”! I immediately checked my pulse. Once I recovered from the shock of this misleading and preposterous clinical opinion, I realized what this was. - 11/30/2021
The report card
- 10/23/2021
A scalp in room 11
The familiar ring tone of my cellphone interrupted a visit with friends on our cottage deck on a sun-drenched mid-September afternoon. - 10/11/2021
Gone in 60 seconds
There is an eerie feeling of helplessness that overcomes you when faced with the realization that your personal space, property and security have been violated. - 9/29/2021
Closure: looking back, one year later
September 2020 was a month of long goodbyes. It was the consolidation of five decades working as a GP and a lifetime of caring. The final months, although anything but routine, brought a sense of cohesiveness to all those years. - 9/13/2021
The retirement gig
Closing in on one year retired, I wonder about other retired docs: How do you spend your retirement time? Have you taught the old doc new tricks? Regrets, have you had at least a few? - 8/29/2021
The letter
Of all the letters written in all my years of practice, there is one that I struggled with the most—the one telling patients of my impending retirement.
