Sheryl Recinos is a hospitalist and author of Hindsight: Coming of age on the streets of Hollywood.

Forgiveness vs. self-preservation: the difficult decision of caring for an abusive parent

Physician
January 29, 2023

“My parents abused me as a child. I went no contact with them over ten years ago, but now my dad is in the hospital with a serious diagnosis and the discharge planner keeps asking me to be involved. I don’t want to. What are my rights?”

I read the lengthy message several times, feeling an overwhelming sense of dread. I was in the same “no contact” situation with my own …

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Forgiveness vs. self-preservation: the difficult decision of caring for an abusive parent

A physician volunteers with migrants. Here’s what she saw.

Physician
June 26, 2019

“At least seven children are known to have died in immigration custody since last year,” according to a NBC News report last month.

I recently spent a Saturday working with amnesty-seekers that had been detained at California detention centers in the desert. They were dropped off at bus and train stations in the desert in Southern California, most with no money and no ability to …

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A physician volunteers with migrants. Here’s what she saw.