Dr Edwin Leap

Dr Edwin Leap

Dr Leap is a US-based emergency doctor.

He writes at edwinleap.com.

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Medical Observer Opinion

Doctors are in danger from the death of free speech

25th November 2020
I’ve kept my head down for a few months — as a writer, that is. I have done this for a few reasons. One being, of course,…
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Medical Observer Opinion

As an American doctor I'm exposed to COVID-19 every day

14th October 2020
I recently saw a discussion on a medical forum that suggested that the only way to stop the spread of COVID-19 is for…
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coronavirus
Medical Observer Opinion

After nearly four decades in medicine, I am tired

29th September 2020
I have a lot of energy. I have been going and going and going for so long. And today, it hit me. I’m tired. I began this…
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Medical Observer Opinion

I'm an ED doctor, this is how I tell people their loved one has died

24th July 2020
The hard truth about medicine, in particular my job in emergency medicine, isn't merely that people die. It is that we have…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Dear docs, don’t be surprised when you lose your job

19th May 2020
COVID-19 — I’m so tired of typing that.  Tired of talking about it and seeing it on the news.  Tired of that big, red,…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Why this doctor doesn't like doctors

3rd March 2020
I saw a patient recently who was in her 80s. She was a very active and healthy woman who enjoys the outdoors. I asked her, …
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doctor arms folded
Medical Observer Opinion

Doctors are as compassionate as nurses - we just need to start owning it

18th February 2020
There is a popular trope going around suggesting that somehow doctors lack the compassion of our nursing colleagues. We see…
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Compassion