Podcasts

At age five, on her first day of kindergarden, the author was asked, “Are you Black or white?”

Front-page headlines can leave a queer physician feeling alone…

After many tries at a fertility clinic, a physician and her husband decide to change course.

A physician keeps quiet about her past as her patient struggles with alcoholism. (Story: 1:38; Q&A: 10:12)

An emergency room nurse tries desperately to keep up.  (Story at 1:54; Q&A at 9:53)

An Air Force veteran develops bad neck pain and calls his doctor. His wife recounts what happens next. (Story: 1:57; Q&A: 14:15)

Loud music interrupts a family in mourning and sparks a racially charged confrontation. (Story at 1:32; Q&A at 8:15)

A medical student shares a special bond with another person–not a classmate, but a patient. (Story at 1:35; Q&A at 11:00.)

I am a licensed clinical social worker. And, occasionally, a mental patient. Today, in this inpatient psychiatric unit, I am more a patient than a social worker.