Fixing ‘antiques’ - Mind Your Body

Fixing 'antiques' - Mind Your Body, The Straits Times (Thursday, 14 August 2008)

Dr Reshma Merchant, 37, is a consultant geriatrician in the Department of Medicine at National University Hospital. She tells SAMANTHA ENG why she finds working with old people intellectually stimulating

Last year, Dr Reshma bagged the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence given out by the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. — LIM SIN THAI/THE STRAITS TIMES

I decided to specialise in geriatrics because…

I began to enjoy geriatrics when I was a medical officer in Britain. I found it an intellectually stimulating specialisation and allows me to deal with complex patients.

I liked it too because it is person-specific instead of site-specific, allowing me to address patients as a whole.

Most importantly, it is a very special privilege to be able to help patients at their most vulnerable.

Jane Wagner  - "The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool."