Finding Kindness and Introspection in ‘Half Empty,’ a Book of Essays by David Rakoff

the words we use matter enormously, not just in clinical outcomes, but in how people with cancer feel about the decisions they’ve made, years later.

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Reading Between the Lines, and Learning from an Epidemiologist

She writes: “I believe that every edu­cated person must at the very least under­stand how these inter­preters of medical knowledge examine, or should examine, it to arrive at the conclusions.”

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Notes, on Running a Hospital and ‘Goal Play’

“Goal Play!” articulates how positive, team-oriented guidance and genuine concern for employees’ well-being can have a positive impact on the lives and careers of valued health care workers and their patients.

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