Neurology fellow Dominique Mortel discusses narrative medicine’s important role in her global health fellowship in Zambia.
Patient Care
Oncology: Offering Hope to Patients in Need
Posted by | Events and HappeningsMuch of the general public believes oncology is a “sad” field. Amol Narang, and many other practicing oncologists, disagree. Learn about his inspiring profession and why he would choose to be an oncologist time and time again.
‘I Think I can Trust You’: Unpacking a Patient’s Words
Posted by | A Day in the LifeA medical student reflects on a recent encounter with a patient who shared painful details of his life for the first time.
Reminders in Medicine: Patient Care Impacts Medical Training
Posted by | A Day in the LifeYears of carrying a massive backpack full of books to make it here — to OR2 of the Weinberg Building at The Johns Hopkins Hospital — had given me terrible lower back pain at the ripe old age of 23. My goal was to focus on the procedure, but my back throbbed, and my sleep-deprived […]
Reflections on Shared Decision-Making at Johns Hopkins
Posted by | Events and HappeningsThe atmosphere in the Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium in the David H. Koch Cancer Research Building was buzzing with conversation and an intellectual energy. More tha 100 people, ranging from nurses and physicians to administrators and patients who came as far as Brazil and as close as the hospital next door, were gathered for […]
Research Addresses Different Needs for Critically, Terminally Ill
Posted by | Perspectives in ResearchBefore I came to medical school, I had a very simple understanding of the components of patient care. In my mind, all patients had the same basic needs, which physicians provided along the road to cure. After four years, I now realize patient populations are incredibly diverse and far more complex than I could have […]