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    • Images of Illness—Sharing Patient Photographs in a Pandemic
      JAMA Internal Medicine
      Opinion
      May 16, 2022

      This essay discusses the sharing of patient photographs by clinicians on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic.

      Narrative Medicine Perspective Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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    • We Are Drowning
      JAMA
      Opinion
      May 10, 2022

      In this narrative medicine essay, an emergency medicine resident describes the inadequate coping mechanisms she and her colleagues use to deal with unending tragedies of patients treated in the emergency department and longs for dedicated time for physicians to process what they see, hear, and feel every day.

      Narrative Medicine Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Trauma- and Stressor-Related Psychiatric Disorders A Piece of My Mind Professional Well-being
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    • Unmasked Facies
      JAMA
      Opinion
      May 3, 2022

      In this narrative medicine essay, a movement disorders neurologist, whose examinations rely on gauging facial expressions, contemplates the complexities of day-to-day lost connectivity while wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic and savors now the renewed intimacies experienced face to face.

      Movement Disorders A Piece of My Mind Neurology Coronavirus (COVID-19) Narrative Medicine
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    • When a Neurologist Gets a Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
      JAMA Neurology
      Opinion
      May 2, 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.

      Narrative Medicine Neurology On The Brain
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    • A Conversation About Suicide During Medical Training
      JAMA Neurology
      Opinion
      May 1, 2022

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

      Medical Education and Training Narrative Medicine On The Brain Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Suicide
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    • Behind the Hospital Curtain
      JAMA Cardiology
      Opinion
      May 1, 2022

      This essay describes a physician’s experience becoming a patient for the first time and the valuable knowledge this experience imparted.

      Cardiology Narrative Medicine From The Heart Surgery Valvular Heart Disease
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    • The Pandemic Determinants of Health
      JAMA
      Opinion
      April 29, 2022

      In this narrative medicine essay, a primary care physician relates the complexity of routine patient visits that have been distrupted by the 2-year COVID-19 pandemic and shares how she has adapted her medical advice to addressing the stress and sorrow patients experience.

      A Piece of My Mind Coronavirus (COVID-19) Narrative Medicine
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    • Differently
      JAMA Oncology
      Humanities
      April 28, 2022
      Oncology Poetry Poetry and Oncology
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    • Passing the Stethoscope
      JAMA Cardiology
      Opinion
      April 27, 2022

      This essay describes the author’s father, a surgeon, passing the baton on to him as a second-generation pysician.

      Medical Devices and Equipment Narrative Medicine From The Heart Surgery
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    • Trust Falls
      JAMA
      Opinion
      April 26, 2022

      In this narrative medicine essay, a neurohospitalist recalls a patient from a palliative care elective during her residency who vividly expressed the joyful moments of her life, a counterbalance that helps her accept her death.

      Oncology End of Life A Piece of My Mind Medical Education and Training Narrative Medicine
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    • Goals of Care
      JAMA
      Opinion
      April 19, 2022

      In this narrative medicine essay, a palliative care physician struggles with her role as physician and as daughter during her elderly parents’ final days.

      Narrative Medicine End of Life A Piece of My Mind Shared Decision Making and Communication Geriatrics
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    • Picture This
      JAMA
      Opinion
      April 12, 2022

      In this narrative medicine essay, an internal medicine resident who grew close to a patient with COVID-19 and to his teenaged daughters pinned her hopes on his recovery and followed his progress and setbacks even after she rotated to a new assignment.

      A Piece of My Mind Coronavirus (COVID-19) Narrative Medicine
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    • A Decision Shared Is a Decision Halved
      JAMA Oncology
      Opinion
      April 7, 2022

      This essay describes the difficulty of shared decision-making about treatment placed on physicians, patients, and families during the COVID-19 pandemic.

      Narrative Medicine Oncology Cancer Care Chronicles Coronavirus (COVID-19) Shared Decision Making and Communication
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    • My Grandfather’s Blueprint
      JAMA Cardiology
      Opinion
      April 6, 2022

      This essay describes the author’s experience building a canoe during medical school and residency.

      Medical Education and Training Narrative Medicine From The Heart
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    • A Love Letter to Grief
      JAMA
      Opinion
      April 5, 2022

      In this narrative medicine essay, a medical student explores the facets of her grief over her mother’s death as a daughter, a caretaker, and a medical student.

      A Piece of My Mind Narrative Medicine
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    • Light Reading—The Gravity of Postoperative Care
      JAMA Neurology
      Opinion
      April 1, 2022

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

      Narrative Medicine Surgery On The Brain Perioperative Care and Consultation Neurology
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    • Overcoming Our Red Dots and Confronting Racism From Patients
      JAMA Oncology
      Opinion
      April 1, 2022

      This essay describes the author’s experiences facing racism from patients and recommendations for ways to create more inclusive environments for physicians who experience racism.

      Narrative Medicine Oncology Cancer Care Chronicles Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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    • Patient Harassment of Medical Trainees: Reflections for a More Inclusive Future
      JAMA Oncology
      Opinion
      April 1, 2022

      This essay describes examples of harassment and bias experienced by medical trainees from their patients.

      Narrative Medicine Oncology Cancer Care Chronicles Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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    • Home
      JAMA Oncology
      Humanities
      April 1, 2022
      Oncology Poetry Poetry and Oncology
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    • The Road Not Taken
      JAMA Neurology
      Opinion
      March 28, 2022

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

      Cerebrovascular Disease Narrative Medicine Neurology Stroke On The Brain
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