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    • Tell Them
      JAMA Neurology
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      August 1, 2022

      This essay describes a time the author counseled a dying patient and his wife about the best next steps for his care in the hospital.

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    • When a Neurologist Gets a Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
      JAMA Neurology
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      July 1, 2022

      This essay describes how a neurologist’s experience with a cerebrospinal fluid leak led to newfound gratitude for their own treating physicians and nurses and insight into patients’ experiences.

      Humanities Narrative Medicine Neurology
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    • The Road Not Taken
      JAMA Neurology
      Opinion
      June 1, 2022

      This essay describes the author’s experience with having a stroke.

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    • A Conversation About Suicide During Medical Training
      JAMA Neurology
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      May 1, 2022

      This essay describes the author’s chronic depression and despair during residency, which led to a suicide attempt.

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    • Light Reading—The Gravity of Postoperative Care
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      April 1, 2022

      This essay describes the author’s experience with craniotomy and recovery from the procedure.

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    • The Best Bad News
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      March 1, 2022

      This essay describes the author’s symptom progression and eventual diagnosis of cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    • The Promise and Peril of the Patient Portal
      JAMA Neurology
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      January 1, 2022

      This essay describes the pros and cons of using a patient portal during a parent’s illness and subsequent death.

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    • Full Circle
      JAMA Neurology
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      December 1, 2021

      This essay describes the author’s experience of developing autoimmune encephalitis during her third year of residency and being a physician who has also been a patient.

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    • I Only Want to See You—A Challenge of Long-term Clinician-Patient Relationships in Team-Based Clinical Care
      JAMA Neurology
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      November 1, 2021

      This essay discusses how to best preserve the mutual benefits of long-term clinician-patient relationships within a team-based care model.

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    • A Decision With Love
      JAMA Neurology
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      October 1, 2021

      This essay describes the decisions an emergency physician and a palliative care researcher was faced with after his father had an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

      Humanities Narrative Medicine End of Life Stroke Cerebrovascular Hemorrhage
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    • Sailing to the Mediterranean and Navigating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
      JAMA Neurology
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      August 1, 2021

      This essay discusses the journey of a surgical oncologist as she navigates her father’s diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis as a physician and daughter in the face of evolving health care value.

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    • The Great Escape—A Physician Confronts Family Caregiving During the COVID-19 Pandemic
      JAMA Neurology
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      July 1, 2021

      This essay discusses the struggles of family caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    • A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings
      JAMA Neurology
      Opinion
      June 1, 2021

      This essay calls into question the way we think and talk about the deeply personal experiences of individuals undergoing genetic and prenatal testing.

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    • No Time for This
      JAMA Neurology
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      May 1, 2021

      This essay discusses the author’s experience with stuttering as a medical student and how injustices surrounding speech fluency affect minoritized individuals.

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    • No Visitors Allowed
      JAMA Neurology
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      April 1, 2021

      This essay describes the author’s experience of not being able to visit and advocate for her mother in the intensive care unit during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

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    • What’s Wrong With You?
      JAMA Neurology
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      March 1, 2021

      This essay discusses the discrimination physicians with disabilities face in their own work environment and how this discrimination reflects a deeper lack of compassion and understanding in the field.

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    • What Caring for My Aging Parents Taught Me That Medical Education Did Not
      JAMA Neurology
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      January 1, 2021

      This essay describes the author’s experience caring for his elderly parents and offers tips to others who are or will be caring for their parents as they age.

      Humanities Geriatrics Narrative Medicine
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    • Toward a Smoother Rocky Road
      JAMA Neurology
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      December 1, 2020

      This essay reflects on the author’s experiences as a woman in the male-dominated field of biomedical research and her hopes for the future of this field.

      Humanities Narrative Medicine Research, Methods, Statistics
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    • Medical Aid in Living
      JAMA Neurology
      Opinion
      November 1, 2020

      This article describes a patient’s experience choosing medical aid in dying after living with an untreatable terminal illness.

      Humanities Narrative Medicine End of Life Oncology Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
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    • Any Recent Stressors?—A Memoir of Transient Global Amnesia
      JAMA Neurology
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      October 1, 2020

      This essay describes the author’s experience with transient global amnesia and the treatment he received as a patient.

      Humanities Narrative Medicine Neurology Dementia and Cognitive Impairment
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