Grief Palliation at the Microscope
All your life…
All your life…
A three-year-old tried to make her mother look beautiful…
The last time I was in this room, a patient took her last breath.
Dear Reader, Our learners continue to inspire our stories collected in this second issue of Voices from the Faculty. Medical students’ eagerness “to connect and learn,” Dr. Backman writes in “Mindful Mentorship,” enables each of us to “relearn.” Our lives also are enriched by our patients. Even after 40 years as an oncologist, Dr. Buys …
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55-word stories are just that—stories told in 55 words. The genre wascoined by Steven Moss, founder of the New Times weekly in SanLuis Obispo County, CA, which sponsored the first 55-word storycontest in 1987. Since then, many communities, including medicine,have found the form useful in telling their unique experiences. Voices from the Faculty Editorial board …