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1. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

   Thanks

   Thanks Summer 2014Death, expected, then unexpected, carries lessonsBody Language Issueby Michael LacombePerspective What can we learn from the dying beyond a sudden sense of our own mortality? Is there anything to be gained beyond the poignancy of the …
2. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

   Magnify and Simplify

   Magnify and Simplify Summer 2014How words, brillantly chosen, illuminateBody Language Issueby Elissa ElyPerspective “I sit in the library,” a patient once said of his long days, “and try to force a daydream.” About his own illness, he said, “it’s like a …
3. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

   Katie

   Katie Summer 2014A patient, met during a psychiatry residency, writes her doctorBody Language IssuePerspective Some 45 years ago, when I began my residency in internal medicine, we had a mandatory six-week rotation on inpatient psychiatry. I attended …
4. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

   Internal Dialogues

   Internal Dialogues Summer 2014If we take the time to listen, our bodies’ cells have quite a bit to sayBody Language Issueby Stephanie DutchenFeature The chef shouts for more of the day’s specials. Immediately, certain line cooks start chopping onions …
5. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

   On Speaking Terms

   On Speaking Terms Summer 2014In the clinic, making oneself understood is one thing. Knowing what the patient is saying—really saying—is anotherBody Language Issueby David CameronFeature Douglas Kelling ’72 was born and raised in rural Missouri, which he …
6. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

   Field Notes

   Field Notes Summer 2014A fascination with baby babble leads a pediatrician to birdsongBody Language Issueby Perri KlassFeature At well-baby visits, when it’s too early to ask about spoken words, I always ask about babble. You want to hear that a …
7. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

   Script Writing

   Script Writing Summer 2014The written word can be the most personalized medicineBody Language Issueby Ellen BarlowFeature By carefully listening to “half-spoken words,” William Carlos Williams found poetry in the relationship between doctor and patient. …
8. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

   Tool Kit

   Tool Kit Summer 2014A physician reflects on lessons learned from life — and from her grannyBody Language Issueby Tamara FountainPerspective Not too long ago, I removed a twig that had been festering for two months deep in the eye socket of a …
9. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

   5 Questions with an Immunopathologist

   5 Questions with an Immunopathologist Summer 2014A conversation with Ulrich von AndrianBody Language Issueby Elizabeth CooneyInterview What prompted you to become a physician-scientist? I grew up in Munich and, as a youngster, my interests were more in …
10. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

    A Champion of Narrative Medicine

    A Champion of Narrative Medicine Summer 2014A profile of Rita CharonBody Language Issueby Katie DuboffInterview Claims to Fame Professor of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center; director of the Program in Narrative Medicine, Columbia University …