Dania’s Bench
Contributor Carole Leskin remembers her friend Dania, sitting on the bench that memorializes her. [Read more...]
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The Question
Carole Leskin thinks about the question she got from a fellow patient in the doctor's waiting room. [Read more...]
A Doctor Goes to a Clinic Appointment
Editor’s Note: Emily Howard, MD, PhD, was most recently a Staff Pathologist at Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC. She is currently working on a [Read more...]
Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast #3: Navigating the Doctor-Patient Relationship, a conversation with Dr. Donald Friedman
In the third Jewish Sacred Aging podcast, Rabbi Address has a conversation with JSA contributor Dr. Donald Friedman about his journey from medical practitioner to the [Read more...]
It hasn’t turned out like I expected, and that’s just fine
Dr. Richard Malkin I took a relatively early retirement from my Pediatric practice of 35 years, leaving at age 60 after preparing several years for my family’s financial [Read more...]
Navigating the Doctor-Patient Relationship
A recent issue of Newsweek (April 23&30, 2012) had “The End of the Doctor-Patient Relationship” boldly displayed above the magazine’s logo. Inside, the featured [Read more...]
Eight Characteristics That Make A Physician A Healer
The healing potential of the relationship between doctor and patient has long been recognized in the medical field. Much has been written on how the healing that can occur [Read more...]
Empathy: How Does It Help Us Relate To Others and What Is Its Role in Medicine?
Empathy is a frequently misunderstood term that refers to one’s ability to understand and identify with another person’s emotional experiences and feelings. The true [Read more...]
Why Listening Is So Important
There is a saying about listening that eloquently summarizes the nature of the process. The source of the words is unknown, but the message is universal – “God gave us [Read more...]
Physician as Wounded Healer – Dr. Donald Friedman, MD
The concept of the physician as a wounded healer and how it can positively affect the practice of medicine has been around for a long time. In Greek mythology. Chiron was [Read more...]
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