“Sick or Not-Sick?” Our first task after leaving the classroom. For me, like many, death had existed only as absence. Its pallid form shallow breath thready pulse shrouded by hospitals now familiar. Ours is the burdened privilege to recognize its face to know and feel that not one of us simply vanishes back to atoms
Work Acquaintances, Literature by David Haak, MD
David Haak, MD
Internal Medicine
David is a third-year internal medicine resident who plans to be a hospitalist after completing a chief year. He enjoys writing as a novel way to explore the ways that patients and providers think, feel, and talk about healthcare.
Voices from the Housestaff:
2023, "Semantics"
2023, "Work Acquaintance"
Voices from the Residents:
2021, "The Things Between Us"
2021, "Deck Chairs on the Titanic"
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