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Forty essays on the philosophy, reasoning, and humanity of medicine — each one written from the bedside by a practicing internist.

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Humanism in Medicine

The Doctor You Will Never Forget: Understanding the Human Operating System in Clinical Medicine

A machine can be right about a patient without understanding them. This is not a criticism of machines. It is a precise...

9 min read Dr. Abhijeet G. Shinde

Medisophy

Acting Without Certainty | Epistemic Courage, Warranted Provisional Action, and the Medisophy of Clinical Judgment

Abstract Clinical medicine is often taught as if diagnosis must precede action with full confidence. Yet real practice...

42 min read Dr. Abhijeet G. Shinde

Humanism in Medicine

Metamorphosis: A Kafkaesque Reading of Internal Medicine's Identity Crisis

Introduction: The Gregor Samsa of Medicine Kafka’s Gregor Samsa awakens one morning to discover he has become something...

4 min read Dr. Abhijeet G. Shinde

Medisophy

DIAGNOSIS AT THE EDGE OF KNOWLEDGE

A Kantian Account of Clinical Reasoning in the Light of Medisophy Dr. Abhijeet G. Shinde, DNB (Internal Medicine) Phys...

15 min read Dr. Abhijeet G. Shinde

Journal

Emotional Metabolism: Why Your Body Can’t Outsmart Its Feelings

You’ve Felt This Before. You tell yourself you’re fine. You’ve had worse days. You can handle this.And yet your chest f...

4 min read Dr. Abhijeet G. Shinde

Physician Reflections

Chronotherapy The Science Of Timing In Medicine — Rhythmic Healing

Physician, Thinker, and Educator — The Thinking Healer Abstract Chronotherapy integrates time as a therapeutic di...

21 min read Dr. Abhijeet G. Shinde

Medisophy

The Logic Of Diagnosis A Medisophy Epistemic Framework

Dr. Abhijeet G. Shinde, DNB (Internal Medicine) Physician, Author, and Medical Philosopher Founder, The Thinking Healer...

16 min read Dr. Abhijeet G. Shinde

Health Unveiled

Why Doctors Miss Diagnoses Even After Tests

A plain explanation using science, logic, psychology, philosophy, and real medicine Most people expect diagnosis to f...

9 min read Dr. Abhijeet G. Shinde

Medisophy

Evidence & Judgment Why Science Alone Does Not Finish the Clinical Decision

A Familiar Dilemma CLINICAL SCENARIO A 72-year-old man is brought to the outpatient clinic with progressive breathlessne...

10 min read Dr. Abhijeet G. Shinde

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