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The Death Rattle: A Poem

Read How My Physics Training Prepared Me for Medicine

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How My Physics Training Prepared Me for Medicine

May 8, 2023 Link to How My Physics Training Prepared Me for Medicine

Read Caring For Children Who Will Never Grow Up

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Caring For Children Who Will Never Grow Up

Sahr Yazdani, MD

Apr 17, 2023 Link to Caring For Children Who Will Never Grow Up

Read A Song of Despair For the Ones Not Healed

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A Song of Despair For the Ones Not Healed

Olgert Bardhi, MD

Mar 13, 2023 Link to A Song of Despair For the Ones Not Healed

Read Bilirubin Dreams: A Lullaby

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Bilirubin Dreams: A Lullaby

Slavena Salve Nissan, MD

Mar 6, 2023 Link to Bilirubin Dreams: A Lullaby

Read We Don’t Have All the Answers: A Med Student’s View on Death and Dying

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We Don’t Have All the Answers: A Med Student’s View on Death and Dying

Feb 13, 2023 Link to We Don’t Have All the Answers: A Med Student’s View on Death and Dying

Read Stargazing Atop a Hospital: A Story

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Stargazing Atop a Hospital: A Story

Jan 30, 2023 Link to Stargazing Atop a Hospital: A Story

Read Why Are You Afraid to Ask Your Patient How They Want to Die?

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Why Are You Afraid to Ask Your Patient How They Want to Die?

Karen Henry, NP

Jan 5, 2023 Link to Why Are You Afraid to Ask Your Patient How They Want to Die?

Read Loss of Decisional Capacity Should Not Prevent Dying with Dignity

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Loss of Decisional Capacity Should Not Prevent Dying with Dignity

Elizabeth Bruce, MD

Jan 3, 2023 Link to Loss of Decisional Capacity Should Not Prevent Dying with Dignity

Read The Catch-22 of Medicine

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The Catch-22 of Medicine

Diana Halloran, MD

Nov 28, 2022 Link to The Catch-22 of Medicine

Read Early Detection and Prompt Treatment of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the Very Elderly

Early Detection and Prompt Treatment of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the Very Elderly

John Kevin Geisse, MD FACMS, FASDP, FAAD and 1 other

Nov 3, 2022 Link to Early Detection and Prompt Treatment of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the Very Elderly

Read What’s the Actual Story in a Patient’s EMR?

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What’s the Actual Story in a Patient’s EMR?

Charlotte Grinberg, MD

Sep 27, 2022 Link to What’s the Actual Story in a Patient’s EMR?

Read How I Unshackled Myself From Academic Medicine

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How I Unshackled Myself From Academic Medicine

Ashwini Bapat, MD

Sep 22, 2022 Link to How I Unshackled Myself From Academic Medicine

Read There's an Art to End-of-Life Care, and It Has Everything to Do With Communication

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There's an Art to End-of-Life Care, and It Has Everything to Do With Communication

Jul 18, 2022 Link to There's an Art to End-of-Life Care, and It Has Everything to Do With Communication

Read When Hope Becomes Denial of a Terminal Illness

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When Hope Becomes Denial of a Terminal Illness

Charles Black, MD

Apr 26, 2022 Link to When Hope Becomes Denial of a Terminal Illness

Read The Page Meant: "I Need Help. Please"

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The Page Meant: "I Need Help. Please"

Charlotte Grinberg, MD

Mar 8, 2022 Link to The Page Meant: "I Need Help. Please"

Read Sometimes A Lie Does the Least Harm

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Sometimes A Lie Does the Least Harm

Katherine Wu, MD

Mar 8, 2022 Link to Sometimes A Lie Does the Least Harm

Read Paternalism Isn't a Good Thing, Except When It Is

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Paternalism Isn't a Good Thing, Except When It Is

Paul Calvin Holtrop, MD

Jan 13, 2022 Link to Paternalism Isn't a Good Thing, Except When It Is

Read Confronting Death Denial: Lessons to be Learned from COVID-19

Confronting Death Denial: Lessons to be Learned from COVID-19

Rebecca MacDonell-Yilmaz, MD and 1 other

Oct 27, 2021 Link to Confronting Death Denial: Lessons to be Learned from COVID-19

Read Can I Grieve a Patient I Barely Knew?

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Can I Grieve a Patient I Barely Knew?

Joy Chang Liu, MD

Oct 25, 2021 Link to Can I Grieve a Patient I Barely Knew?

Read Rethinking End-of-Life Care After Watching My Father Die

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Rethinking End-of-Life Care After Watching My Father Die

Evaline Cheng, MD

Oct 11, 2021 Link to Rethinking End-of-Life Care After Watching My Father Die

Read Overcoming Implicit Bias in the Age of COVID-19

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Overcoming Implicit Bias in the Age of COVID-19

Preeya Desh, MD

Sep 15, 2021 Link to Overcoming Implicit Bias in the Age of COVID-19