Case Archives

Each year, residents from the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine submit a case log, an account of a patient encounter in which an "Aware Medicine topic" was central. These are indexed below in the following categories:

Cross-Cultural Issues/Differing Belief Systems

2009

• Chiropractic Manipulation for a Heart Attack? Really?
• Dialysis Dilemma
• Differing Beliefs
• Reflections on Residency

2008

• Where Are You From?
• Delivery Via Phone Interpreter
• Out of Alignment: Chiropractors and Safety
• To Vaccinate or Not To Vaccinate?

End-of Life

2009

• A Little Angel Goes to Heaven
• Dealing with Infant Mortality
• Difficult Decisions on a Very Sick Patient
• End of Life Decisions
• It’s Ok to Die
• It's OK to Change the Plan!
• Judging a Life
• Just Keep Her Comfortable
• Part of the Cycle
• Patient Choice
• Referral to Tibetan Medicine
• Room 428
• Sometimes the View is Different: Being a Doctor vs a Patient or Family Member
• The Accidental Hospice Doctor
• The Best Laid Plans
• The Inadequacy of Words
• Was It A Good Death?
• Without the Code Chimes

2008

• Physician to My Dying Father
• Code Status and Family Wishes
• Becoming Comfortable with Death and Dying
• It’s OK to Change the Plan!
• The Slippery Slope Between Hope and False Hope
• End of Life Care with a Lovely Patient Named LB
• In the Moment
• Terminal Illness Too Young
• Is Doing Everything Always the Right Thing To Do?
• The Decision to Die
• Sepsis and Multisystem Organ Failure in the ICU
• Patient Choice
• Mental Illness and the Right to Die

Patient Relationships/Communication Issues

2009

• A Breech Insecurity
• Compassion for Yourself Dear Doctor
• Confusion
• Learning How to Walk Again
• Saying No to Drugs
• Someone’s Mom
• Treat Patients As You Would Want Your Mother Treated
• Unusual Intimacy
• We Are All on the Same Team

2008

• Dialysis as a Means to an End?
• A Challenge in Pain Management
• My Dealings with CD
• Different Perspectives
• Noncompliance and Chronic Pain
• The Value of Family Medicine