Before the accident, Dr. Grace Dammann was a caregiver through and through, in every aspect of her life. A pioneering AIDS specialist, she co-founded one of the first HIV/AIDS clinics for socioeconomically disadvantaged patients in San Francisco at Laguna Honda Hospital.
Category: Patient Experience
Cortney Davis – When the Nurse Becomes a Patient: A Story in Words and Images
NYU Langone Medical Center welcomed author/painter Cortney Davis to the Smilow gallery for the opening of “When the Nurse Becomes a Patient.” Laura Ferguson’s interview with Ms. Davis appears here. …
The Patient Experience Book Club at NYU Langone Medical Center
When an AP reporter called to tell Erika Goldman, publisher of the Bellevue Literary Press, that its novel, Tinkers, by Paul Harding, won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, “it …
Cortney Davis – When the Nurse Becomes a Patient: A Story in Words and Images (Part II)
Part II of a dialogue between author and painter Cortney Davis and our Art Editor Laura Ferguson.
Cortney Davis – When the Nurse Becomes a Patient: A Story in Words and Images (Part I)
Part I of a dialogue between author and painter Cortney Davis and our Art Editor Laura Ferguson.
“Give Me A Shot Of Anything: House Calls to the Homeless”
Students at the NYU School of Medicine rotate through Bellevue Hospital during their medicine clerkship. Many of the patients they meet come from shelters or the street. Concern about how …
A Captain of His Ship
My patient, sporting a surprisingly fresh-looking plaid shirt, is sitting at a table in a courtroom on the 19th floor of Bellevue hospital.
The Mirror and Self-Knowledge
Illness like any experience that deviates from the norm (in this case, the norm of health) triggers a search for meaning: something is wrong with me, I must find out what is happening. Since the source of illness lies within us, we instinctively turn to introspection.