Anatomy of a Hospital, Or Why Your ER Wait Time is So Long Laura Christianson Medicine, Science & Medicine “How do we get patients in need of care to the people who best know how to take care of them? The logistical operations required, especially in large urban settings, make the answer to this question complex.” In this curation, medical student Laura Christianson addresses hospital workflows and how treatment timelines can impact diagnoses.
Acupuncture in the OR? What Complementary and Alternative Treatments Teach Us About Healing Laura Christianson Medicine, Science, Science & Medicine Treating the causes of disease requires understanding patients as part of complex systems. In this piece, medical student Laura Christianson explores alternative medicine’s reach—from infertility to cardiovascular disease.
