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Meet the MedHum Team: Jack Coulehan

Poet-physician Jack Coulehan reflects on medical humanities, technology’s impact, and poetry’s role in healing in this thoughtful interview.
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick

International adoption from China arose amid policy-driven abandonment, later fostering trafficking incentives and coerced family separations.
01.12.26 280

When Your Body Isn’t Yours 

This essay examines how policy, culture, and power quietly claim women’s bodies worldwide.
01.12.26 190

From Tigers to Otaku

Parenting in Chinese Canadian immigrant families carries both triumphs and struggles, shaping children into overachievers—or isolating, withdrawn adolescents.
09.16.25 911

Inside The Pitt: Medicine Meets Drama

A deep-dive podcast exploring The Pitt, a gripping medical drama, its realism, emotional impact, and lessons for medicine and humanity.
09.03.25 738

The Happiest Couple

A moving portrait of resilience, aging, and love through the remarkable immigrant journey of the happiest couple this doctor has met.
07.28.25 765

The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese

A special podcast episode blending sports and medicine, exploring The Tennis Partner and the complexities of friendship, addiction, and healing.
06.10.25 1690

The Things We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Dying 

A poignant reflection on cultural differences in end-of-life care, personal identity, and the complexities of truth, family, and medical ethics.
05.13.25 1342

How Real is the Pitt? 

Dr. Stuart Harman joins Apollo On Call to explore The PITT—a gripping medical drama through the lens of medical humanities.
05.05.25 1403

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

A poignant documentary exploring how a young man with muscular dystrophy found profound connection and purpose in virtual worlds.
04.17.25 1289

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Two book lovers dive into The Emperor of All Maladies, exploring its impact on medicine and storytelling.
03.14.25 2256
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