VirtualCuppa
The warm drink offered with kindness but declined as you're too busy seeing patients to drink it. Submitted by Susannah Lillis.
Topic
Life
A collection of 24 issues
Drainrush
The hot gush from a chest drain that tells you this is far from over.
Achinophobia
Pregnosis
Ghost physician
They are still on the roster but nobody has seen in months. Submitted by Peter Brindley.
Dr.No
Always finds a reason not to help, not to admit, not to talk with a family. Submitted by Peter Brindley.
Dr.Hollywood
The one who is rarely in the building because of another conference or private list. Submitted by Peter Brindley.
Bluesink
The cold recognition of cyanosis creeping in.
Title-clinger
A colleague who insists on being addressed as “Dr.” or “Mr.” or "Prof" at all times, bristling at the faintest slip into first-name territory—despite the fact that you’re peers, and you still have mental images of them passed out at 3 a.m. in medical school.
Consultacaller
A doctor who just calls others to manage things. Submitted by Peter Brindley.