Keyword: illness
Cancer Diagnosis Galvanizes a Medical Student How a support network—and a special bond with his doctor—helped a 22-year-old med student fight lymphoma. The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine
Contributor: Francesca CiminoOctober 19, 2017Topics: Compassion Fatigue / Empathy&Sympathy / Illness & DisabilityKeywords: illness / suffering
Can Doctors See Beyond Patients' Weight? A sibling shares his account of his sister's weight loss, the commentary and judgment that accompanied it, and the terrible outcome of its aftermath.
When Doctors Tell Patients What They Don't Want To Hear 
Doctors with disabilities - why they are important. 
The Voices Inside My Head To all appearances, Eleanor Longden was just like every other student, heading to college full of promise and without a care in the world. That was until the voices in her head started talking.
Finding Refuge With the Skin I'm In How one woman searches for confidence while coping with lamellar ichthyosis, a genetic disorder of the skin.
What the Doctor Said Poem describing a patient's experience when being delivered bad news from their doctor.
An Ill Newborn, A Loving Family And A Litany of Wrenching Choices A family's premature, newborn son fighting for his life in the NICU, and the debate families and doctors often have about how to long to keep fighting, and when to let go.