Events
Three Breaths for each Patient
Three breaths for each patient Closed door.Close eyes. Breath one, my patient is here.She has waited for this visit,anticipating my help.This moment means much…
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A Necessary Reminder
“Seriously,” I thought as I helped the patient onto the toilet. I then helped her off and situated her on the couch. As I…
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Cultivating Compassionate Patient Care at the University of Arizona, College of Medicine—Phoenix
The cultivation of compassionate patient care is threaded throughout training at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. It begins as we interview and…
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The Big Decision
“I want to die today.” Written on the white paper with a fat marker. Written because his voice was gone and his diaphragm was…
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Compassion is a Tree: Respect for Human Dignity, Self-awareness, and Empathy
If compassion is a tree, then human dignity is the roots, self-awareness is the branches, and empathy is the leaves. Of a tree, human…
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The Traditional Sense
The following is a poem I wrote for myself before the first day of our clinical anatomy lab. She is not alive in the…
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Submit for Solidarity Week 2022
Hello Differential Readers, This year, we are publishing a special edition of the Differential in honor of Solidarity Week 2022 (Feb 14-18th). We are…
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The Epigenetics of Homelessness
“Epigenetics is an emerging frontier of science that involves the study of changes in the regulation of gene activity and expression that are not…
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Medical Ethics: September Response and November Question
September Question September’s ethical question revolved around a concerned patient and physician disclosure of test results. Take another look: A 67-year-old man presents to…
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