Speaking the Unspeakable was published in Return to House of God: Medical Resident Education 1978-2008. The book marked the 30th anniversary of the publication of the seminal novel by Samuel Shem. It was edited by Martin Kohn and Carol Donley, pioneers, movers and shakers in medical humanities. This book was published by the wonderful Kent State University Press in 2008.
Category: Deeper dives
In Defense of Cheaper Stethoscopes
In Defense of Cheaper Stethoscopes appeared in the superb Health and Humanities Reader, edited by the esteemed health humanities leaders Tess Jones, Delese Wear and Lester Friedman and published by the terrific Rutgers University Press in 2014. Please buy this book. It was an honor to be included in a reader that’s chock full of luminaries who I respect so much.
Hug or Ugh
Creative Writing as a Medical Instrument
This journal article appeared in the Journal of Medical Humanities, 2013 Dec;34(4):459-69
Big Incision
Annals of Internal Medicine–personal or institutional subscription required. Sorry.
Essay–Annals of Internal Medicine 2012;156:836-837.
Dr. Douchebag: A Tale of the Emergency Department
Hastings Center Report 42;2012:9-10
Originally published in Hastings Center Report, an ethics journal, it was subsequently picked up by Medscape and became the most downloaded article for Medscape Emergency Medicine in 2012.