As AI moves into healthcare, can it replicate the healing virtues of empathy and compassion?
What research can and cannot do for a song about waiting
Archeologist Anna Källén questions the role of a DNA in understanding the remote past.
The constant-ness of a condition. What it means for something to be ever-changing and ever-present at the same time.
This month we focus on the nexus of and interface between medicine and the humanities.
A gripping account of pharmaceutical whistleblowing, corporate misconduct, and the deadly consequences of profit-driven medicine.
Vaccine pioneer Stanley Plotkin reflects on the growing opposition to vaccination despite its proven, lifesaving impact worldwide.
A candid, unconventional book blending psychiatric records, personal struggle, and practical tips, offering rare insight into living with depression.
Donald Antrim’s memoir confronts suicide, psychosis, and survival with unflinching honesty, blending personal crisis, hospitalization, and hard-earned hope.
A measles outbreak in the Ruggles family sends children to the isolation hospital and recuperation in the English…
A historic exchange, but an incomplete history.
A provocative novel about aging, mortality, agency, risk, and the uncertain bargains we make with destiny.
A visual form of storytelling comes into its own.
In his chair at the clinic, Dr. Gavin Francis sees the mind as much less fragile than the…
Writer, runner, and medical humanities advocate explores storytelling, trust, vulnerability, and the human side of care.
Medical nihilism questions medicine’s uncertainty, treatment breakthroughs, and how we make thoughtful health care decisions.
A nurse’s graphic memoir reveals the human stories, suffering, and compassion behind the AIDS crisis.
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