Keyword: loss
How my son's short life made a lasting difference In this passionate TEDMED talk, Sarah Gray shares her personal experience with donating her newborn babies organs to research. Knowing that her baby boy's organs are being used to help future medicine helps her cope with losing him.
How loss helped one artist find beauty in imperfection In this Ted talk, Painter Alyssa Monks shares her experience as an evolving artist, using the loss of her mother and finding beauty in the unknown as inspiration for her art.
Sight Unseen (must download to hear) Listen to a family's reaction after learning that their son's death had been documented by a photographer embedded with a medevac team in Afghanistan.
Everything Doesn't Happen for a Reason An essay on the importance of grieving and avoidance of "platitudes cloaked as sophistication" from "The Adversity Within" - a blog dedicated to examining the topic of resilience in the face of adversity
Stillbirth: Your Stories Few families are prepared when a baby dies prior to delivery. Here, parents who have navigated this difficult experience shared their insights. Murderer in the Mirror by Scott Eggener A surgeon recalls the devastation of the first time a patient died on the operating table.
Remission by Lupe Fiasco A rap narrative of struggles with cancer. Poetry - alive and well! Getting Grief Right by Patrick O'Malley Common knowledge is that people go through stages of grief - progressing from one to the next. Not only is this an oversimplification, but providers' assumption that this is how grief "should" be processed may cause our patients harm.
A Doctor Discovers an Important Question Patients Should be Asked by Mitch Kaminski A doctor works to understand patient's goals at the end of life. A look at how a family practice physician overcame the challenges of addressing end of life issues and broaching hospice care with individuals at the end of their life.