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Policywise

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

January 3, 2018 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, 2017 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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The limits of compassion: Dialysis and the undocumented – A solution

February 10, 2017 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, 2017 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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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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