A lot can happen in a year, and sometimes those changes last a lifetime. more»
My latest installment of Notes from a Healer — A Lot Can Happen in a Year — is now online, newly published in the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine.
The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine is an online journal fostering discussion about the culture of medicine, medical care, and experiences of illness. Interested readers can access a list of editorial board members and regular contributors here.
The TV personality is interviewing a couple as they prepare to perform on the televised British talent show. The girl is thin, articulate, good-looking. The boy, her partner, is morbidly obese, with long curly hair. He fidgets with his hand-held microphone. more»
My latest installment of Notes from a Healer — It ain’t over ’til the fat kid sings — is now online, newly published in the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine.
The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine is an online journal fostering discussion about the culture of medicine, medical care, and experiences of illness. Interested readers can access a list of editorial board members and regular contributors here.
Unfortunately, medicine is not an exact science. As amazing as modern technology is, it’s not foolproof. Sometimes you end up chasing lab values to no end. Scans can detect artifacts as well as bona fide lesions. You try to put the pieces of the puzzle together as best you can. more»
My latest installment of Notes from a Healer — Number Games — is now online, newly published in the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine.
The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine is an online journal fostering discussion about the culture of medicine, medical care, and experiences of illness. Interested readers can access a list of editorial board members and regular contributors here.
It was just a short visit for a flu shot. Short and sweet, filled with impromptu reflections on the human condition—something of value that we aren’t taught in our years of training, these seemingly insignificant snippets of conversation that ultimately serve to cultivate caring relationships in medical practice. more»
My latest installment of Notes from a Healer — Flu Shot — is now online, newly published in the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine.
The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine is an online journal fostering discussion about the culture of medicine, medical care, and experiences of illness. Interested readers can access a list of editorial board members and regular contributors here.
Over 30 years of medical practice I have come to know quite a few immigrants who confided that they felt cast adrift, unable to settle the question of where they truly belonged. In effect, they felt as though they had become sojourners without a permanent country. Wherever they happened to be at the time, they carried the acute awareness of an emotional tug from their other home halfway round the globe. more»
My latest installment of Notes from a Healer — The Pyramids of Giza — is now online, newly published in the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine.
The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine is an online journal fostering discussion about the culture of medicine, medical care, and experiences of illness. Interested readers can access a list of editorial board members and regular contributors here.
The child is lying face down on the exam table. She’s dressed in a johnny top that’s too short for her lanky frame. Her hair is clipped short, like a boy’s. She’s got a tuft of cotton wadding wrapped around her left index finger; the thumb on the same hand is thrust into her mouth through pursed lips. more»
My latest installment of Notes from a Healer — A Bad Day — is now online, newly published in the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine.
The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine is an online journal fostering discussion about the culture of medicine, medical care, and experiences of illness. Interested readers can access a list of editorial board members and regular contributors here.
When you feel the strike, slack the line before you set the hook; and then you’ll have him for keeps. more»
My latest installment of Notes from a Healer — A Remembrance of Things Past — is now online, newly published in the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine.
The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine is an online journal fostering discussion about the culture of medicine, medical care, and experiences of illness. Interested readers can access a list of editorial board members and regular contributors here.
These are the days of pediatric practice that try clinicians’ souls. more»
My latest installment of Notes from a Healer — Frustrated — is now online, newly published in the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine.
The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine is an online journal fostering discussion about the culture of medicine, medical care, and experiences of illness. Interested readers can access a list of editorial board members and regular contributors here.
A medical office is usually not a happy place. A good deal of pain and suffering is temporarily housed within its walls. And so it is with a rare moment of pleasure that I savor this mother’s simple statement. more»
My latest installment of Notes from a Healer — The beauty of it — is now online, newly published in the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine.
The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine is an online journal fostering discussion about the culture of medicine, medical care, and experiences of illness. Interested readers can access a list of editorial board members and regular contributors here.
When it comes to the relative weight of medical diagnoses, perspective is everything. more»
My latest installment of Notes from a Healer — Small Potatoes — is now online, newly published in the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine.
The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine is an online journal fostering discussion about the culture of medicine, medical care, and experiences of illness. Interested readers can access a list of editorial board members and regular contributors here.
