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Wolf of worry plagues caregiver of living dead

I see the living dead occasionally. They are the patients whose cause of illness is so potentially lethal it will kill them within hours or days if I miss it or mistreat it. more

By Dr. Erik Steele | 11/17/09 | 404 views

A health care reading list

When I try to understand some of the health care reform issues being debated in Washington I feel like a moose probably would when trying to understand quantum physics. more

By Dr. Erik Steele | 11/3/09 | 544 views

Snowe’s chutzpa needed to reform U.S. health care

When Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe voted in favor of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s health care reform bill last Tuesday she proved something I have always suspected; that woman has a lot of guts. more

By Dr. Erik Steele | 10/20/09 | 1765 views

Offering the naked truth on same-sex marriage

I’ve seen thousands of people naked. I have inspected their insides and outsides, felt their pain and sometimes their souls, and after all that, I can see we all are pretty much the same. more

By Dr. Erik Steele | 10/6/09 | 11779 views

Twenty years in Maine’s emergency departments

It’s not often I get to walk down an emergency department hallway with blood on my hands and a smile on my face. more

By Dr. Erik Steele | 9/22/09 | 1089 views