Dustin Grinnell
Conditions
This is a work of fiction. I directed Mrs. Powell to sit and make herself comfortable. She lowered herself into the chair at the round table in the lobby of my office slowly, her frail, 90-year-old frame eventually settling into…
This is a work of fiction.
I directed Mrs. Powell to sit and make herself comfortable. She lowered herself into the chair at the round table in the lobby of my office slowly, her frail, 90-year-old frame eventually settling into it.
“How’s your health, Mrs. Powell?” I asked. This is how I approached most conversations in which a client asked if they could meet suddenly. Usually, it meant they had gotten some …
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How end-of-life planning can be a gift
Conditions
An excerpt from The Healing Book. When Allie's canoe tapped the dock in Iquitos, Peru, she didn't know which was greater: her exhaustion or her anticipation. After hours on the Amazon River, she was sticky with sweat, and her arms…
An excerpt from The Healing Book.
When Allie’s canoe tapped the dock in Iquitos, Peru, she didn’t know which was greater: her exhaustion or her anticipation. After hours on the Amazon River, she was sticky with sweat, and her arms and legs itched and ached in the wake of countless mosquito bites. However, their arrival meant she was that much closer …
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Healing the mind and body
Conditions
An excerpt from The Empathy Academy. It might be tempting to choose an easier path, Monty thought, but amid the stress, pain, and tragedy, there were also triumphs: A patient's seizures stop. A CT scan is clear. He remembered resuscitating…
An excerpt from The Empathy Academy.
It might be tempting to choose an easier path, Monty thought, but amid the stress, pain, and tragedy, there were also triumphs: A patient’s seizures stop. A CT scan is clear. He remembered resuscitating Mrs. Caldwell and feeling a wave of relief upon hearing the soft, subtle beep of her revived heartbeat. To protect life was a calling. A life in medicine …
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Human beings are more than their genes
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