Creative Writing in Anesthesia
WRITING MEDICAL FICTION
“Write what you know” is perhaps the most repeated advice given to prospective authors. Physicians know medicine and are uniquely qualified to write medical…
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Creative Writing in Anesthesia
CALL FROM THE JAILHOUSE REVIEW: “I LOVED HOW THE BOOK WAS CRAFTED.”
Author Rick Novak, MD, does an exquisite job of crafting a scenario in which a man is accused of murdering his lover and her…
Creative Writing in Anesthesia
COMING SOON: RICK NOVAK’S NEW NOVEL, CALL FROM THE JAILHOUSE
Litigator Cicely Vella’s ex-husband is arrested for a double murder, and asks her to be his defense lawyer. Cicely rarely loses a case, but her…
CLINICAL CASES FOR ANESTHESIA PROFESSIONALS
CHATGPT AND ANESTHESIA
Is it feasible that CHATGPT, this decades artificial intelligence wunderkind, can equal or better a physician anesthesiologist? I entered three anesthesia consultations into CHATGPT,…
Creative Writing in Anesthesia
HILARIOUS GUFFAW-OUT-LOUD MEDICAL SATIRE BY TWO STANFORD PROFESSORS
Publish, Don’t Perish is a hilarious guffaw-out-loud medical satire written by two Stanford anesthesia professors, Dr. Jay Brodsky and Dr. John Brock-Utne. Not since…
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
DOCTOR BY DAY, SCI-FI WRITER BY NIGHT
This week the Palo Alto (California) Weekly ran a feature story on Rick Novak and Doctor Vita Uploaded: Thu, Jun 6, 2019, 9:27 am…
Creative Writing in Anesthesia
GRADY HARP REVIEWS DOCTOR VITA. “A SPLENDID AND TIMELY NOVEL”
Grady Harp HALL OF FAME TOP 100 REVIEWER 5.0 out of 5 stars A splendid and timely novel April 20, 2019 Once again…
Creative Writing in Anesthesia
THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DOCTOR VITA BY RICK NOVAK
The first chapter of Doctor Vita opens with a scene unlike any you've ever read before.
ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTIONS BLOG
Coming in 2019, from All Things That Matter Press: DOCTOR VITA, Rick Novak’s second novel
How do you imagine the future of medical care? Cherubic young doctors holding your hand as you tell them what ails you? Genetic…
Creative Writing in Anesthesia
CARTOON — IS ANESTHESIA AN ART?
THIS ORIGINAL ANESTHESIA CARTOON WAS PUBLISHED IN THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS BULLETIN, VOLUME 52, NUMBER 2, APRIL-JUNE 2003. IS ANESTHESIA AN ART OR…
Creative Writing in Anesthesia
CARTOON FROM THE 1999 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS ART CONTEST
The year was 1999, the technology stock market was exploding, and businessmen in Silicon Valley were getting richer by the hour. Meanwhile, back at…
Creative Writing in Anesthesia
SERIALIZATION OF THE DOCTOR AND MR. DYLAN… CHAPTER FIVE
5) BOB DYLAN DRIVE In Northern Minnesota, a “Ranger” is an inhabitant of the mining towns along the Mesabi, Vermillion, and Cuyuna Iron Ranges.…