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When a Genetic Counselor Brought Information – and Comfort

When a Genetic Counselor Brought Information – and Comfort

Editor’s note: In her book, Rare Like Us: From Losing My Dad to Finding Myself in a Family Plagued By Genetic Disease, Taylor Kane shares the invaluable lessons she learned growing up in a family plagued by a genetic disease so rare that most doctors have never seen...
Why Dying is Not Giving Up

Why Dying is Not Giving Up

Throughout my time as a psychotherapist specializing in end of life diseases, primarily cancer, I have spent many hours talking with both patients and medical teams about the importance of authentic communication and end of life planning. I see this kind of planning...
How All of Us in Healthcare Can Close the Empathy Gap

How All of Us in Healthcare Can Close the Empathy Gap

I recently saw The Color of Care, a documentary highlighting the disparate and inequitable care received by Black and Brown individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the movie, Executive Producer Oprah Winfrey opined that one of the primary issues with...
Health Literacy Requires Talking with People – Not Patients

Health Literacy Requires Talking with People – Not Patients

“When someone is having an acute situation, that is not a teaching moment.” Peter Pitts  I recently participated on a panel at the STAT Summit with two brilliant healthcare thought leaders, former FDA Associate Commissioner and current president of the Center for...

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