This piece is about “a patient encounter meaningful to you” written in a Narrative Medicine workshop at Kaiser Permanente. Upon reflection, I am reminded that listening is the greatest gift we give our patients.
Who is he now?
A brilliant scientist
A handsome kind man, warm eyes and gray curly hair
Charming and worldly
Dad
We traveled many places
He had all the answers
He answered questions no one else could, for the world
Does he still have answers?
He knows many
About science
About when he was a little boy
About his wife
He’s still quick with clever quip
Does he remember yesterday?
He remembers my kids
He remembers what I do
He remembers what I like
He remembers me
He remembers my giggle, just like when I was a little girl
How do I talk to him?
What do I talk about?
He is so happy
He loves to see me
Maybe it does not matter what we talk about
James Dunstan, MD
Jyoti Rau MD, PhD
William (Bill) Hunter, MD
J. Richard Gaskill
Peggy Latare
Quentin Eichbaum, MD, PhD, MPH, MFA, FCAP
Kenneth Gould, MD
David Godley, MD
Cindy Lopez, RN
Joanie Aasen, MSN, RN
Manfred Hauben, MD, MPH
Cook’s Meadow Early Morning Yosemite National Park
Jorge A Ramirez, MD
David True, MD
Crash Cesarean: Poetry in Motion
Shane Geffe
Louise Glaser, MD, FAAP
David True, MD
Samuel K Williams, III, MD, CPG
Quentin Eichbaum, MD, PhD, MPH, MFA, FCAP
Jennifer Phillips, MD
Imanni Sheppard, PhD
Usha Tatini, MD
Brad Christian McDowell, MD, FACS
Mara Saulitis, MD
Abdalla Mallouk, MD
Abdalla Mallouk, MD
FDR Drive / Homage to the Photon
Manfred Hauben, MD, MPH
Alana Castens Yalom
Talha H Imam, MD
Pamela Lemke, CNM, MS
Ghosts of the Northern Plains: Abandoned Farmhouse
Stephen Henry, MD
Ghosts of the Northern Plains: Outbuildings
Stephen Henry, MD
Maranda Herner
Heritage Irises at Filoli Gardens
Sarah Beekley, MD
Abdalla Mallouk, MD
Hope—Redwood National Forest, California
Sapna Reddy, MD
Paul Rousseau, MD
Jo Paluzzi, PhD
Shenshen Dou
David True, MD
Shenshen Dou
Shenshen Dou
Shenshen Dou
David Clarke, MD
Mount Ansel Adams and Lyell Ford of the Merced River, Yosemite National Park
J. Richard Gaskill
Quentin Eichbaum, MD, PhD, MPH, MFA, FCAP
Ariel Scott, MD
Gail Wright, MD
Pistils and Stamens with Shades of Lavender
Michael House, LCSW
Imanni Sheppard, PhD
Gail Wright, MD
Kenneth Gould, MD
Quentin Eichbaum, MD, PhD, MPH, MFA, FCAP
James Dunstan, MD
Manfred Hauben, MD, MPH
Mihal Emberton, MD, MPH, MS
Kevin Dueck MD MSc
Brad Christian McDowell, MD, FACS
Kelly Chen
Sunset at Yellowstone National Park
Jorge A Ramirez, MD
Sunset in Taos: Simple, Serene, Stunning
Usha Tatini, MD
Rebecca Chasnovitz, MD
Taos Mountain Over High Grass Meadow
Usha Tatini, MD
Shenshen Dou
Usha Tatini, MD
The Bells of San Juan Capistrano Mission
Ira J Levy, MD
Jyoti Rau MD, PhD
Megan Bostic
The Hanging Gardens of Suburbia
Belinda Torres Mary, MHS, MFA, MLS
William Lynes, MD
Andy Runkle, MD
Alana Castens Yalom
The Professor of Medicine Demonstrates …
Ron Louie, MD
Today, I Feel My Age. Or, Small triumph: I made it home!
Margaret Fortsch, RN
Belinda Torres Mary, MHS, MFA, MLS
Deborah Chiarucci, MD
What Happens After Pediatrics?
Louise Glaser, MD, FAAP
Usha Tatini, MD