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Narrative Medicine

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The things you learn: My medical school journey

September 11, 2020 Momentum 0 Comments 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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Policywise 

How the humanities can connect us during a pandemic

May 15, 2020May 18, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments 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, 2018July 26, 2018 Momentum 1 Comment 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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Policywise 

Comfort care or medical treatment?

April 20, 2018April 20, 2018 Clarice 0 Comments 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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Policywise 

One size doesn’t fit all: Understanding the allure of alternative medicine through storytelling

January 3, 2018January 3, 2018 Clarice 1 Comment alternative medicine, ethics, medical humanities, Narrative Medicine, storytelling

In the era of celebrity-inspired medical treatments, alternative medicine is an easy punching bag. I work in the medical field, and I am familiar with

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How narrative medicine closes gap between physicians and patients

June 9, 2017June 8, 2017 Momentum 0 Comments Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Ricardo Nuila, Julia Bernstein, Narrative Medicine, Narrative Medicine Program, Off Script

According to Columbia University, narrative medicine “fortifies clinical practice with the narrative competence to recognize, absorb, metabolize, interpret, and be moved by the stories of

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Policywise 

The limits of compassion: Dialysis and the undocumented – A solution

February 10, 2017February 9, 2017 Clarice 3 Comments Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dialysis, Emergency Medicine, Javier Santiago, medical students, Narrative Medicine, policy, Undocumented Immigrants, Victoria Mitre

Editor’s note: This post is the second part of a two-part series. Read part one. Over the past half-century, significant legal roadblocks to providing healthcare services

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The limits of compassion: Dialysis and the undocumented – The problem

February 8, 2017February 16, 2018 Clarice 0 Comments Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dialysis, Emergency Medicine, Javier Santiago, medical students, Narrative Medicine, policy, Undocumented Immigrants, Victoria Mitre

Editor’s note: This blog post is the first part of a two-part series. Mr. H and I shared stories in his hospital room on a

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From the Labs Image of the Month

From The Labs Image of the Month From the Labs features an image of the laboratory worm, Caenorhabditis elegans. Image credit: Dr. Tao Chen/Wang lab.

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