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“Ms. Paul, I can’t give you any more pain medication, it isn’t time.”
Edith’s eyes were closed. She was in the single patient room again, the one that had an anteroom with an extra sink that connected to her room by a sliding glass door. The residents always made sure both sets of sliding doors were closed before talking about her.
Read moreIn reading Liana Meffert’s “Death is Usually an Easy Diagnosis,” I was intrigued by her reflections on the learning and limitation of choreographed roles and scripted dialogue in pronouncing death and informing bereaved families.
Read moreA retired physician reflects on his glimpses into religion and spirituality while confronting his patients’ illness and suffering—as well as his own.
Read moreA physician-novelist ponders the troubling implications of the increasing technologization of health care and its encroachment on the art of medicine.
Read moreA writer and father ponders the power of absence in the clinical encounter, as well as the power of presence.
Read moreA medical student examines two poems published in this journal in order to advocate for genuine connection in medical practice between patients and physicians.
Read moreA testimony and tribute to one writer’s mother who passed away from COVID-19.
Read moreA nurse ponders the role of food in the ICU setting—as well as the hunger that it can stir and the memories that it can evoke.
Read moreWhat is the interplay between dignity and disability? A writer living with Ehlers-Danlos explains.
Read moreThrough poetry, a writer and community-based coach appreciates the magic at the borderland of the known and unknown.
Read moreWriting against the backdrop of her husband’s stay in hospice care, a retired professor examines how the reduction of human life in the midst of suffering can be summarized in succinct narrative.
Read moreA retired nurse practitioner close reads a Field Notes essay published in this journal and emphasizes how shared identities and backgrounds can generate a more therapeutic alliance during the clinical encounter.
Read moreHow does grace manifest itself in the clinical encounter? And what of eulogy and testimony? A psychiatrist-writer explores two poems published in this journal to find deeper meaning.
Read moreA retired nurse remarks on what she has witnessed in the hospital setting via studio art and poetry published in this very journal.
Read moreWhat is the beautiful surprise that can be found in the clinical encounter between patient and physician? A writer and nurse explains.
Read moreA neurologist meditates on his “medical metamorphosis” into a physician—and how poetry served as a lifeline for inspiration and growth throughout it all.
Read moreAn artist and organ transplant recipient considers the isolation of her own illness experience and further explores these issues in her graphic medicine comic, published in this very journal.
Read moreIn writing about psychosis, a psychiatrist contemplates whether a physician can ever truly understand a patient’s lived experience.
Read moreA visual artist explores the trusting relationship she shares with her psychiatrist—and how that fiduciary manifests itself through her photodrawings and studio art.
Read moreWhat makes writing different from medicine and vice-versa? A contributor to this journal pinpoints their shared ability to instruct via narrative.
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