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Sharing personal experiences of giving and receiving health care
A premier narrative medicine and medical humanities resource
Sharing personal experiences of
giving and receiving health care
A premier narrative medicine
& medical humanities resource
During the month of September – Pulse is accepting Poetry submissions.
Stories
More Voices
Every month readers tell their stories — in 40 to 400 words — on a different healthcare theme.
April 2023
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February 2023
New Voices
Stories by those whose faces and perspectives are underrepresented in media and in the health professions.
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Poems
Haiku
- Marilyn Powell
- 05 September 2025
palliative care
- Kala Ramesh
- 22 August 2025
hospice window
- LeRoy Gorman
- 08 August 2025
too much sun
- Ruth Holzer
- 25 July 2025
awakening
- Jimmy Pappas
- 11 July 2025
a quick glance
- Nitu Yumnam
- 27 June 2025
first cries
Visuals
- Simran Anand
- 29 August 2025
The Lingering Gaze
- Sabina Mehdi
- 15 August 2025
Growing a Spine
- Ash Sangoram
- 01 August 2025
Escape
- Julie Bloss Kelsey
- 18 July 2025
Migraine
- Lisa S. Gussak
- 04 July 2025
Threading the Needle
- Alyssa Rogers
- 20 June 2025