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Cultivating empathy u0026amp; critical thinking in health, culture u0026amp; the arts

Antonia Saw the Oryx First by Maria Thomas

A moving exploration of healing across cultures, faiths, and traditions, where Western medicine meets indigenous wisdom in profound, transformative encounters.

Focus Podcast

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.

Focus Narrative

When Your Body Isn’t Yours

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

Focus Poem Review

Three Poems by Gary Soto

Three poems explore cultural identity, family conflict, and the influence of media on class, belonging, and cross-cultural understanding.

In Focus: Infectious Disese ➔

As Winter approaches we revisit three works with a focus on u003cstrongu003einfectious diseaseu003c/strongu003e, its human cost as well as its prevention.

Podcast

Holes and Lobotomies: Seeing and Feeling Migraine

Exploring literary depictions of migraines enriches understanding of their impact, highlighting personal experiences and…

Podcast

When the Bolt Touches Flesh: Living with Epileptic Seizures

Exploring seizures through literature and film reveals their profound impact on individuals, enhancing understanding…

Podcast Practitioner Interview

Sweet Sand of Time: James Dickey’s poem Diabetes with Dr. Jack Coulehan

Poetry enriches the understanding of type 2 diabetes, bridging the gap between medical experience…

Podcast Reflection

Six Kopeks or Your Life: Two Short Stories about Health Care Professionalism…

Timeless stories reveal persistent challenges in healthcare professionalism and access, prompting reflection on modern…

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Articles ➔

Film Review Video

Flushing the Script: Madness, Medication, and Patriarchy in The Housemaid

A thriller about psychopharmaceuticals becomes a feminist meditation on madness, coercion, and resistance within patriarchal domestic spaces.

Reflection

A Plague on Their House

How O’Farrell’s Hamnet Traces Plague’s Journey From Fleas to Family, Blending Science, History, Storytelling with Empathy

Book Review Litmed

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet reimagines Shakespeare’s family life to explore grief, plague, and the endurance of love.

Reflection

Learning Empathy through Chekhov

A psychiatrist-playwright shows how adapting classic drama for medical students cultivates empathy and reflective care practice.

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Book Review Video

Achieving a Good Death: A Practical Guide to the End of Life…

A candid, compassionate review explores how planning, autonomy, and honest conversations can transform dying into dignity.

Art Review Focus Video

When Artificial Intelligence Talks but Can’t Touch: Marjorie Prime

As anxieties about AI and mental health mount, a new Broadway drama confronts grief digitally today.

Reflection

The Word Is an Instrument of Healing

Language, ritual, and narrative serve as powerful healing tools, with context, beliefs, and social support enhancing health outcomes.

Art Review Video

Oedipus–Adapted for the Stage by Robert Icke

Icke’s Oedipus reimagines plague, politics, and identity, highlighting trauma, narrative humility, chronotopes, and ethical listening.

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Antonia Saw the Oryx First by Maria Thomas

A moving exploration of healing across cultures, faiths, and traditions, where Western medicine meets indigenous wisdom in profound, transformative encounters.

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.

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When Your Body Isn’t Yours

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

Three Poems by Gary Soto

Three poems explore cultural identity, family conflict, and the influence of media on class, belonging, and cross-cultural understanding.

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