An edited transcript of an interview with Elisha Waldman, MD, author of This Narrow Space, a memoir of his time working as a palliative care physician in Israel.
Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database 25th Anniversary
The LitMed Database is one of the treasures of our medical center. Created and nurtured by two former faculty members—Felice Aull (Ph. D.) and her late husband Martin Nachbar (M.D.)— it quickly became the gold standard for teaching and scholarship in the then infant field of medical humanities.
The Haunting of Hill House: An Exploration in the Fear of Illness
What is it about horror movies that makes them such pop culture icons? From Halloween, to teen slumber parties, to cinematic fright nights, the horror marathon has stood the test of time and become nothing short of an American tradition.
Jacalyn Duffin | Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
We are proud to announce that Jacalyn Duffin, one of the LitMed Database editors received an excellence honor in health leadership in Canada — Honoring excellence in health leadership in Canada: …
Black Births Matter: Black Babies and the Lived Experience of Black Women
Linda Villarosa is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and director of the journalism program at the City College of New York.
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Story Slam
On May 7, 2018, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia held its first Story Slam. This was co-presented by the College’s Section on Medicine and the Arts, and the Delaware Valley Medical Student Wellness Collaborative.
Pale Horse Pale Rider: From One Title, Two Perspectives on the Effects of the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
The year 2018 marks the 100th Anniversary of the “Spanish flu” that killed tens of millions of people around the world. Among the documentaries, magazine articles, and books about the epidemic is Laura Spinny’s history
The Waiting Game
It is invisible, like the air we breathe. Yet it often pops up like a genie when a doctor meets with a patient. We lightly say ” the result should be back in just a few days,” but that can set off a chain reaction. For us, “just” is the operative word.
Dr. Lucy Kalanithi Speaks on Writing, Love, and Legacy, at NYU Langone Health
Paul was a promising neurosurgeon, nearing the end of his residency training at Stanford University, when he learned of his illness and faced the question of how to make his remaining time as meaningful as possible.