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Medical Humanities: the Rx for Uncertainty? Renowned physician author Danielle Ofri makes the case for how the humanities offer not only well-being for physicians but also make us better doctors through growing wisdom from knowledge and building creativity, all of which help us embrace the inherent uncertainty in medicine.

Contributor: Jennifer ChangFebruary 12, 2021Topics: Humanities / UncertaintyKeywords: humanities / uncertainty

Reentry This is a NEJM perspective piece written by a palliative care doctor in NYC in light of the COVID pandemic. A snippet: "From March to June 2020, I led a palliative care team embedded in our hospital’s Covid ICU. We spoke to countless families over the phone and by Zoom calls to tell them their loved ones were critically ill, getting sicker, and eventually, dying. When the prognosis seemed dire, we recommended transitioning to comfort-focused care. And in patients’ final hours and days, we held iPads at their bedsides so that family members around the world could say goodbye."

Contributor: Francesca CiminoDecember 22, 2020Topics: Death&Dying / Empathy&Sympathy / Grief / UncertaintyKeywords: COVID / death / dying

Embracing the Uncertainties While the unknowns about coronavirus abound, a new study finds we ‘can handle the truth.’

Contributor: Adam SapersteinApril 7, 2020Topics: Uncertainty

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This American Life: The Test The coronavirus has now fully arrived in the United States. This week, stories of people trying to rise to that challenge, in some pretty extreme situations.

Contributor: Adam SapersteinApril 7, 2020Topics: Burnout / Compassion Fatigue / Empathy&Sympathy / Global Health / Mental Health / Perspective / Resilience / Uncertainty

Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care If you could put your feet into your patient's shoes--see what they see, hear what they hear, and feel what they feel--would you treat them differently?

Contributor: Araina FordSeptember 14, 2017Topics: Communication / Empathy&Sympathy / Grief / Mindfulness / Perspective / Provider-Patient Relationship / Trust / UncertaintyKeywords: care / empathy / patients shoes / perspective

Obesity: Can we stop the epidemic? A Harvard Public Health School look at the complexity of obesity and how we, as a medical community, try to address it.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoJune 20, 2017Topics: Addiction / Communication / Guilt & Shame / Obesity/Weight / UncertaintyKeywords: obesity / weight

What makes a life worth living in the face of death In this deeply moving talk, Lucy Kalanithi reflects on life and purpose, sharing the story of her late husband, Paul, a young neurosurgeon who turned to writing after his terminal cancer diagnosis. "Engaging in the full range of experience — living and dying, love and loss — is what we get to do," Kalanithi says. "Being human doesn't happen despite suffering — it happens within it."

Contributor: Francesca CiminoMay 31, 2017Topics: Death&Dying / Grief / Perspective / Provider-Patient Relationship / Resilience / Uncertainty / VulnerabilityKeywords: death / dying / grief

Finding Emilie Imagine if you were in a tragic accident that left you unable to communicate to the outside world that you were alive. Imagine if you were this person's loved one, and you tried to convince the doctors that your loved one was still alive. This is the triumphant story of two family members not giving up on their loved one even though doctors made a brain dead prognosis.

Contributor: Araina FordJanuary 19, 2017Topics: Perspective / UncertaintyKeywords: Accident / belief / Faith / ICU / love / relationship / TBI / uncertain / uncertainty

Something Only I Can See A woman named Jill Viles with muscular dystrophy tried to convince doctors (MD's & PhD's) that she has the same disorder as a Olympic athlete. Despite their denial and dismissing her as mentally ill, Jill was determined to prove to them and others that her belief was real.

Contributor: Araina FordJanuary 18, 2017Topics: Bias / Communication / Empathy&Sympathy / Mistakes / Perspective / Provider-Patient Relationship / Reaction / UncertaintyKeywords: listening to others / muscular dystrophy / provider-patient relationship

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