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Lean In: Women in Business Sheryl Sandberg provides update to her book Lean In on the changes to women in the business world since her initial conversation-starting publication. Consider this when discussing women in medicine and balancing multiple roles and perceptions.

Contributor: ascudaSeptember 8, 2016Topics: Personal ContextKeywords: balance / life / Women / work

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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.

Contributor: Karlen BaderJanuary 26, 2016Topics: Death&Dying / Illness & DisabilityKeywords: dying / ethics / illness / infant / life / NICU

Wit by Margaret Edson A powerful investigation into the aspects of life that make it worth living, the nuances of relationships and how one’s approach to life and death can change throughout the process of “living out” one’s end.

Contributor: Adam SapersteinJanuary 31, 2015Topics: Communication / Death&Dying / Illness & Disability / LossKeywords: chronic / compassion / death / disability / illness / insensitivity / life / living / relationships

In the Running by Diane Van Deren / Mark Phillips Interview Diane Van Deren is one of the best ultra-runners in the world, and it all started with a seizure.

Contributor: Adam SapersteinJanuary 31, 2015Topics: Illness & DisabilityKeywords: ability / chronic / disability / illness / journey / life / passion / seizure / uncertainty

The Day I Started Lying to Ruth by Peter B. Bach An oncologist’s account of losing his wife to cancer. An intimate look at how healthcare, relationships, personal desires, expectations, and promises all intersect and influence our lives.

Contributor: Adam SapersteinJanuary 31, 2015Topics: Death&Dying / Illness & Disability / LossKeywords: chronic / death / disability / illness / life / loss / promises / relationship / truth

Suleika Jaouad “Health is about adding life to years, not years to life.” A personal website discussing various events, interactions, struggles and celebrations living with cancer and surviving afterwards.

Contributor: Adam SapersteinJanuary 31, 2015Topics: Illness & Disability / PerspectiveKeywords: chronic / disability / illness / interaction / leukemia / life / relationship / support / survivor

Life, Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad Cancer is not a gift, especially not at 22. But it can change you, prompting you to learn a few things along the way. A young woman’s blogging account of being diagnosed, treated and living with leukemia with her 20s.

Contributor: Adam SapersteinJanuary 31, 2015Topics: Illness & DisabilityKeywords: chronic / disability / illness / interaction / leukemia / life / relationship / support / youth

The Pros and Cons of Living with a Terminal Illness by Ellen Diamond An interesting perspective describing ways that a chronic or terminal illness can have advantages as well as disadvantages.

Contributor: Adam SapersteinJanuary 31, 2015Topics: Illness & DisabilityKeywords: advantage / chronic / death / disability / illness / life / reaction / terminal / treatment

Death Over Dinner How we want to die represents the most important and costly conversation America isn’t having. In response, The Conversation Project has gathered dozens of healthcare and wellness leaders to cast an unflinching eye at end of life, and has created an uplifting interactive adventure that transforms this seemingly difficult conversation into one of deep engagement, insight and empowerment.

Contributor: AdminJanuary 8, 2015Topics: Death&Dying / LossKeywords: conversation / culture / death / discuss / family / life / loss / open / preparation / stigma

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