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“The Yellow Wallpaper”: the new, century-old voice calling for representation in clinical research

June 21, 2024 Clinical research,  Depression,  diverse patient population,  Gothic literature,  Narrative Medicine,  Psychiatric Patients

“Never touch pen, brush, or pencil as long as you live.” This was an official prescription from Dr. Weir Mitchell, a man recognized by his

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Story time in medicine

June 16, 2023 Narrative Medicine,  non-medical stories,  pediatric palliative care,  stories,  storytelling

One of my favorite questions to ask parents during an initial patient care encounter has nothing to do with a chief complaint, review of systems

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Integrating the humanities into medical education

May 12, 2023 Arts,  Grand Rounds,  health professionals,  Humanities,  Medical Education,  medical humanities,  Narrative Medicine

It’s truly exciting to be working at the intersection of arts and medicine in this vibrant and expanding field. There is an increasing realization today

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“To see yourself seeing” 

February 4, 2022 clinical ethics,  Fellowship,  Houston,  Houston Methodist,  Narrative Medicine,  NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

It is perhaps slightly unprofessional to admit this, but one of the things I was most excited about as I embarked on a week’s trip

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When your home no longer feels safe

December 17, 2021 Home,  Homebound,  Narrative Medicine,  safety,  Security

Editor’s note: The following story explores feelings of safety and sacrifice. A version of this piece was performed at Off-Script, the Texas Medical Center’s storytelling

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Lost, but not forgotten: Preserving a stranger’s memory

May 18, 2021 Death,  Headstone,  Memory,  Narrative Medicine,  Stranger,  Tomb

A story about the importance of simple good deeds and questions of memorializing and responsibility postmortem.

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The things you learn: My medical school journey

September 11, 2020 Education,  Medical Education,  Narrative Medicine,  Student Life

A third-year medical student at Baylor College of Medicine shares his reflections on what he has learned.

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How the humanities can connect us during a pandemic

May 15, 2020 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Coronavirus,  COVID-19,  Dr. Andrew Childress,  Humanities,  Narrative Medicine,  Pandemic

Humans are no strangers to sudden outbreaks of deadly diseases. Yellow fever, smallpox, cholera, influenza, the list goes on. In times of crisis, we naturally

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Medical humanities and the search for meaning

July 11, 2018 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Dr. Andrew Childress,  Medical Education,  Narrative Medicine

I must admit that I’m surprised when I hear third-year medical students say they would like to have taken some humanities courses in the first

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Comfort care or medical treatment?

April 20, 2018 Comfort Care,  Dr. Stacey Berg,  Narrative Medicine,  Palliative Care

Before former first lady Barbara Bush passed away on April 17, 2018, it was widely reported that she had “decided not to seek additional medical

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Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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