Prompting this opinion piece was the deluge of patients I see who feel invisible in the health system. Stories of being talked over, dismissed, rejected and downright scorned for voicing another opinion are distressingly common. When did we conflate the idea of healthcare professionals with being divine, and in doing so, give away our own autonomy?
Read MoreMy own reflection during Black History Month reminded me of a discussion we had in one of my third year classes where we discussed bias in medicine. Specifically, the egregious myth in hospitals and clinics around the world that black people experience less pain. The statistics were no less shocking…
Read MoreWithout the daily distractions of shopping and eating out, we turned our gaze upwards and around. Many of us were reminded, as poet and environmental activist Gary Snyder so eloquently states, “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”
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