Maggie Xiong

Maggie Xiong is a medical student in The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Class of 2021. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in Asian studies before taking a winding road to medical school. Maggie tries too many new restaurants (and subsequently Yelps about them), often cleans when she should be studying, and has a hopeless habit of opening too many tubes of mascara at once.

EthicsJuly 10, 2018

The Patient-Physician Relationship:
Should Physicians Participate in Lethal Injection?

By Maggie Xiong

The death penalty is still legal in 31 states, Arizona included. It is illegal in the remaining 19, as well as in Washington, D.C….

Arts & CultureMarch 13, 2018

Hello

By Maggie Xiong

Medical students participate in a Gross Anatomy Laboratory as part of their first-year training towards becoming future physicians. Many view this as a…

EthicsMarch 13, 2018

Healthcare Insurance: An Opinion on Shifting Intentions

By Maggie Xiong

Merriam-Webster defines insurance as: 1: The business of insuring persons or property, coverage by contract whereby one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee…

Ethics, InterprofessionalNovember 14, 2017

Should a Physician Still Remain
“Captain of the Ship?”

By Maggie Xiong

In 1949, the phrase “captain of the ship” was used to justify Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s verdict of McConnell vs. Williams, where obstetrician Dr. Williams…