What patients teach us about humanism in medicine
As an aspiring doctor who has worked with many different patients across New York City, I'm primed to think of health care delivery as the following: Note the symptoms, diagnose the condition, treat and hope for recovery. Once, I met…
As an aspiring doctor who has worked with many different patients across New York City, I’m primed to think of health care delivery as the following: Note the symptoms, diagnose the condition, treat and hope for recovery.
Once, I met a little girl who changed my thinking entirely. She was nine, dressed in neon pink shoes with a matching backpack. Unlike most girls her age, she had a prosthetic eye, implanted …
What patients teach us about humanism in medicine


