My husband dislikes the term "patient," especially in the therapeutic sense. Someone may have a Ph.D in psychology, but we're not their...

True Absurdity Collage used with permission by Katherine Streeter This week I've spent a lot of time doing research for a book via...

The Consequences of Abdicating Personal Responsibility in Healthcare I don't have many vices. I eat clean (meaning, locally grown when...

I was downstairs with my 11-year-old granddaughter watching a movie and she got up to go upstairs. I noticed she was limping heavily. I...

"It's Not Just About the Children" It's so easy to ignore. It's easy because it can't happen to your child. Or it didn't. Or it won't....

In the Wake of Western Medicine's Miracles and Disasters Collage by J.A. Carter-Winward R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me… One...

What if it's broken, and we don't want to fix it? Then what? The best way to not have a problem? Refuse to acknowledge it.

My dad had a cartoon he'd cut out from the newspaper on the metal file cabinet in his downstairs basement "office." It had a man getting...

I had a brief message exchange with someone who has firsthand knowledge of the aftermath of an ADVERSE DRUG EVENT. Stephen's Voice –...

A Review/Commentary On My Spirit Burns Through This Body By Akwaeke Emezi in the Paris Review I wrote a more literary review of Emezi's...

On Facebook, the moderator of The Thinking Project Podcast asked "Tell me the questions you have on your mind today? I bet we can figure...

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