Danielle Ofri

Opinion | What Happens When Doctors Can’t Trust the Government? (Gift Article) Federal public health institutions were revered by the medical community. That’s rapidly changing.

It’s hard to convey how grieved my colleagues and I feel by the evisceration of CDC, NIH et al. It’s like a death in the family, except that it’s a mass-casualty situation. Our govt seems determined to handicap your MD/RN's ability to care for you. tinyurl.com/4uey6sae

Hey medical folks--working on an article about how it feels to practice medicine when maybe you can't quite trust the "new versions" of the CDC, FDA, and vaccine advisory board.

Send me an email with your thoughts and experiences. Anonymous okay.

danielleofri.com/contact/

Join me on June 11 to learn about a fabulous new book and a wonderful writer. If you've loved Oliver Sacks, you'll be excited to meet Pria Anand.

@oliversacks.bsky.social

I love BLR's new Weekly Reads--bringing back old favorites and connecting new readers with great poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

This early story by Celeste Ng is a real treasure.

@pronounced-ing.bsky.social #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

Why Do Doctors Write? For physicians, curiosity and care spill easily onto the page.

Should doctors be writing about patients at all? Should protected information shared in confidence, in the setting of illness, with a high-stakes power differential, be fodder for writing—no matter how compelling?

Why Do Doctors Write? For physicians, curiosity and care spill easily onto the page.

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Why Do Doctors Write?

Doctors write all day, every day—progress notes, consultations, assessments, referrals—a vast flow of utter dross.

What I'm curious about--and what I'm trying to hash out in my article for The New Yorker--is why doctors take up literary writing.

tinyurl.com/MD-writers

BLR is open for submissions.
Now accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for the BLR Literary Prizes, as well as for general submission.

Spring is coming and we are so excited to read what you've been working on!

#WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #writing

Reading early works of favorite authors is such a treat. BLR has had the pleasure of publishing early fiction by Abraham Verghese, Celeste Ng, Kali Fajardo-Anstine and Leslie Jamison.

BLR is having a flash sale of classic issues, so don't miss your chance!

BLR editor-in-chief @danielleofri.bsky.social met up with physician and bestselling author Theresa Brown (who is one of our reviewers!) at Theresa's talk in NYC, where the panel discussed how they honor nursing in their work. Copies of Issue 47 even tagged along! 😊

The Trump administration is signaling its contempt for evidence-based science and its disregard for human health and life. But the path forward is clear...

#Science #Medicine #PatientCare

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

@altcdc.bsky.social

I'm working on an article about saving our scientific data. I would appreciate any leads on folks/orgs who are doing this work.

Feel free to DM me, or email me via my website

#sciencedata #healthdata #cdc #data

Well said, Steve Woolf: "We must draw the line when the science is clear that a policy will increase the risk of disease, complications, or premature death."

Contact your professional societies and institutions to protest policies that harm patients.

Health data, entire pages wiped from federal websites as Trump officials target 'gender ideology' A government memo aimed at implementing President Donald Trump’s order rolling back protections for transgender people has rippled through the federal government as agencies scramble to make changes t...

Has anyone heard of any sites willing to post data/papers/info scrubbed from Federal websites?

What about First Amendment implications?

#healthcare #medicine #censorship

apnews.com/article/trum...

🎉Thank you to the >500 people who've RSVPed so far.
We just expanded our capacity, so there's plenty of room. You won't want to miss this very special event!

It's a live conversation, so bring your ❓❓ to ask.

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Join us for The Book Doctors Are In!
A live online conversation with some of my favorite medical writers: Perri Klass, DamonTweedy, Esther Choo

RSVP for link and bring your questions

https://buff.ly/4g0bIEU
#writing #books #doctors #medstudent #nurse

@choo.bsky.social @writingfactory.bsky.social

Opinion | How Doctors and Nurses Can Protect Undocumented Immigrants (Gift Article) Doctors have a responsibility to reassure their patients, regardless of immigration status, that they are welcome and protected.

Patient advocacy is integral to health care.
We face off against insurance companies every day; we now may need to face off against our own government to protect our patients who are immigrants.

#patients #doctors #nurses @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...