Man is fallible, but maybe men are less so.

In one study, old people assigned to a geriatrics team stayed independent for far longer, and were admitted to the hospital less.

What about regular professionals, who just want to do what they do as well as they can?

I learned about a lot of things in medical school, but mortality wasn't one of them.

Writing lets you step back and think through a problem. Even the angriest rant forces the writer to achieve a degree of thoughtfulness.

There are times when you have sharp elbows, and people are trying to muscle you out of certain meetings - because then people could leak to the press that you had a role in certain decisions. I, at twenty-six, was very impatient and didn't know how to keep my powder dry. I was running a team of seventy-five people when I had never been a boss. I was the worst boss ever.

No one teaches you how to think about money in medical school or residency. Yet, from the moment you start practicing, you must think about it. You must consider what is covered for a patient and what is not.