Body Language

Physician-authors add dimension, character, and humanness to their profession, their patients, and themselves.

  • Summer 2014
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Body Language, the trailer

All Articles

  1. dialogue bubbles on top of a zoomed in view of a neural network
    Body Language Issue Summer 2014

    Internal Dialogues

    If we take the time to listen, our bodies' cells have quite a bit to say

  2. a blue and white quilt with medical images in a grid
    Body Language Issue Summer 2014

    On Speaking Terms

    In the clinic, making oneself understood is one thing. Knowing what the patient is saying—really saying—is another

  4. grey and red bird flying on white background
    Body Language Issue Summer 2014

    Field Notes

    A fascination with baby babble leads a pediatrician to birdsong

  5. Harvard University shield
    Body Language Issue Summer 2014

    Katie

    A patient, met during a psychiatry residency, writes her doctor

  7. black and white sketch of hands intertwining
    Body Language Issue Summer 2014

    Thanks

    Death, expected, then unexpected, carries lessons