The constant-ness of a condition. What it means for something to be ever-changing and ever-present at the same time.
A measles outbreak in the Ruggles family sends children to the isolation hospital and recuperation in the English countryside
A historic exchange, but an incomplete history.
A central theme of the novel is how people cope with the unpredictability of life.
This month we focus on the nexus of and interface between medicine and the humanities.
A young doctor’s visit to a factory owner’s daughter reveals the emotional roots of illness through empathy, confinement, and human connection.
Parenting in Chinese Canadian immigrant families carries both triumphs and struggles, shaping children into overachievers—or isolating, withdrawn adolescents.
Florian Zeller’s The Father immerses audiences inside dementia, transforming theatrical disorientation into visceral understanding and empathy.
A grieving doctor is pulled from his dying child’s side, only to face betrayal, class tension, and moral outrage.
The story of The Odyssey is many things, not the least of which is a story of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Atwood’s retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest unfolds in an unlikely setting.
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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