Trials and tribulations inspire this riveting and enlightening description of both ends of the spectrum of becoming a doctor—from the gritty details to the luminescent.

Before Going Under | Tabor Flickinger | SPRING 2023

Thoughts that emerge before a body’s transformation about eerily natural metamorphosis.

Beneath a Sycamore: Autism Revisited | Woods Nash | FALL 2013

The organic splendor of nature as seen from a particular point of view.

Berry Picking | Sara Adler | FALL 2016

Questions about what's in our food intrude on a simple outing.

Bilateral Tendencies | Jen Karetnick | FALL 2021

The haunting impact of not believing her pain.

Birds of Prayer | Sara Adler | FALL 2016

With feathers: The high flight of hope.

Black is the Color | Richard Kravitz FALL 2018

Reflections on the color and physicality of a cancer diagnosis

Bleeding | Drea Burbank | FALL 2021

Why we bleed and how it makes us better.

Bodywork | Aaron McGuffin | FALL 2021

The medical and the mechanical merge in this sharp, electric poem.

Bodies Revealed Exhibition | Joanna White | FALL 2018

A woman visits a museum with her children and is haunted by the medical terrors of her past

The Body Lives Its Undoing | Suzanne Edison | SPRING 2018

An exploration into control versus chaos in the sick body

Body of Wisdom | Lailah Shima | SPRING 2019

Glimpsing her surgeon’s notes, feeling her surgeon’s blade…

Borrowed Car | Lisa Kerr | FALL 2015

We drive toward a diagnosis, not always sure where we'll end up.

Brain as Timepiece | Jennifer Wolkin | FALL 2018

A clinician and a patient with Dementia, and the evaluation of consistently fleeting moments

Breast Lump | Michelle Dyer | FALL 2020

“I didn’t know it’d look like…”

Breast Unit | Konstantina Georganta | SPRING 2014

Voices surround us, even in nature, when bodies are at war with themselves.

Breathe | Sheila Kelly | FALL 2017

Praying and trying to stay afloat amidst a pool of past memories.

Breathing In Hospice | Alina Siddiqui | FALL 2017

Settle into the rhythms of the dying.

Brooching | Chase McMurren | FALL 2019

Patients can leave impressions on clinicians in unexpected ways.

Bruits | Martin Seneviratne | FALL 2017

Listen, as cardiologists do, to the symphony of the heart.

Buried, Somewhere | Molly Fels | FALL 2017

Memory is ushered in through the holding of a hand.

Bypass | Shreya Jalali | SPRING 2013

A lyrical meditation on the narrative created between clinicians and patients.

Cancer Speaks in Tongues | Suzanne Edison | FALL 2018

The vernacular of cancer is varied and vast, with sounds that resound time and time again.

Captain’s Song | Marta Christov | FALL 2018

There’s still time before the crash to consider what’s come before it.

Cardioneurological Cataclysm | Marc Perlman | SPRING 2021

Brain and heart battle it out on who should take the lead.

The Caregiver | Kristen Camitta Zimet | FALL 2013

The role of a caregiver goes far beyond taking care of a loved one's physical needs.

Caregiving | Brian Ascalon Roley | FALL 2019

The sad joy of caring for and parenting a disabled child.

Carnival of Rust: Haiku Sequence | Lala Tanmoy Das | SPRING 2017

Lung cancer quietly devastates.

Cartographer... | Laurel Jessup | FALL 2012

Life begins and a woman encounters the uncharted territory of a newborn baby.

Cerros | Teddy G. Goetz | SPRING 2019

A clinician can learn to understand a patient’s concerns, even in a different language.

CFTR | Teddy G. Goetz | FALL 2019

In a routine exam, a doctor sees and hears more that what’s initially presented.

The Chairs | Karen Loeb | FALL 2013

To vaccinate—or not: Remembering a parent's way of dealing with the decision.

Chemistry of Prognosis | Kirk Hathaway | FALL 2017

There's solace in looking ahead to what might be ... and how love might survive.

Chronic Black Excellence | Michael Arnold | FALL 2019

What will it take to create generations of believers?

Cicadas’ Song | Mitchell Nohner | SPRING 2023

Like an embrace: A caregiver endows the last hours of a life with whatever is left.

Cisplatin at 11:15 | Joseph Eveld | SPRING 2014

We recognize the contradictions inherent in any kind of treatment, but even more so in cancer care.

Close to the Flowers: Notes from a Tanzanian Orphanage | Woods Nash | FALL 2013

Nurture the innocent—and watch them blossom.

Coming Back North | Bruce Jennings | SPRING 2017

Illness can take people in different directions — until they find their way back home.

Comma | L.N. Allen | FALL 2015

A misspelled word leads to a curiously profound reflection.

The Commiphora Myrrah Tree | Wendy French | SPRING 2016

A residue of resin remains after a tree is tapped; what's left of us when the inevitable happens?

Conjoined | Anne Corey | SPRING 2022

A sister contemplates life without her other half.

Constellation Rifts | Alicia Sometimes | SPRING 2023

Five scenes before, during and after a cancer diagnosis spur astronomical musings.

Continue to Monitor | Fiona Miller | SPRING 2022

Think about Cassandra and the curse of knowing: For a doctor, it’s difficult to foresee how vulnerable people will ultimately turn out.

Cosmetics | Mo Lynn Stoycoff | SPRING 2021

On treating a book by its cover.

Costuming | Luisa Rovegno | SPRING 2022

Trick or treat: There’s no dress code when life and death are at stake.

Cure-Alls | Anna Harvey Bluemel | SPRING 2022

Imagine if your doctor provided prescriptions addressing more than just your aches and pains.

Countertransference | Paavani Reddy | SPRING 2021

In recognizing our own reflection, boundaries begin to blur.

Crying Uncle | Varsha Kukafka | FALL 2020

A striking glimpse and examination of a family’s grief.

Cut it Out | Kee MacFarlane | SPRING 2013

A desperate request from a patient for the surgeon to cut her open, in order to make her whole again.

Dances with Pills | Jen Karetnick | FALL 2013

Heal, reveal, conceal: Medication can affect us and our symptoms in so many ways.

Daughter Gesture | Joanne Clarkson | SPRING 2023

Memories slip out of reach but the hands—and holding them—remain

Dear Patient | Jen Hartmark-Hill | FALL 2017

When one listens closely, revelations come at the most unexpected times.

Dear Stephanie, It Made Sense | Hannah Baggott | SPRING 2015

Having an illness in common doesn't make you best of friends—or even sympathetic.

Death Calls Often | Sylvia Sensiper | SPRING 2021

There is an interplay of resentment and grief in a mother’s near death.

Decision | Ron Lands | SPRING 2019

The Delivery | Scott Ruescher | FALL 2018

The beauty of midwifery in an indigenous community

Dementia Waltz | Kathryn Paul | SPRING 2021

It’s not always easy to deliver news that might change the course of a person’s life.

The Devil Overhead | Tulsi Patel | FALL 2021

Connecting to a patient ultimately means honoring their personhood — their love for birds, for religion, for poetry.

Diagnosis | Simona Carini | SPRING 2019

On the delicate balance between floating and sinking.

Diary of Psychiatric Meds Taken by Patient MS | Marjorie Sadin | FALL 2012

A list of what helped, what didn't—memories of medications and doctors and moments in treatment.

Dictum Wisdom | Ceren Ege | FALL 2021

Reborn: A child describes her father’s death and mother’s reaction with powerful, unflinching imagery, reflecting on what we can’t look away from.

d.IF.ferent | Billie Holladay Skelley | FALL 2017

A look inside the isolating nature of post-traumatic stress disorder.

The "Difficult Patient" | Kendra Peterson | FALL 2017

Charting the difference between noticing suffering and not.

Disheartening News | Alina Plavsky | SPRING 2018

Sometimes there are only bad signs, no matter where you look.

Diving into the OR | Geoffrey Rubin | FALL 2017

An operation as oceanic excavation.

DNA | Mary Anne Moisan | FALL 2021

A quiet, riveting musing on what is fated, on what can and cannot be known.

DNR | Amir Adam Tarsha | FALL 2013

A contemplation—about medical choices, before and after death.

Doctoring in Nicaragua | Greg Stidham | FALL 2017

Reflection and its rewards: A physician looks back with satisfaction on a job well done.

The Donna Summer Operation: A Slam Poem | Jordan Teitelbaum | SPRING 2020

Conquering cancer is as much a dance as a fight.

Don’t Leave | Sophia Wilson | SPRING 2020

Whether to stay or go is the push and pull of being a healthcare worker with a family at home.

The Doorbell Rings, I Am Off My Meds | Maya J. Sorini | SPRING 2022

Welcoming back a familiar stranger: This time, comfort and convince her to stay on track.

Dorothy’s Hands | Pamela Hart | SPRING 2018

An attentive tribute to what happened to Dorothy's body over the years.

Dovetail | Zoe Mays | SPRING 2016

Cancer doesn't make sense. Did you expect it to?

Drawing Dying Hands | Lauren Catlett | FALL 2014

The art of connection is a sketch in reality.

Drive | Joanne Clarkson | SPRING 2023

In the rumble seat: An existential joyride at 15 mph.

Driving | Meg Lindsay | FALL 2018

A caregiver makes a life or death decision.

Dude, the Stage? | Sean J. Mahoney | FALL 2014

Cue applause: A patient is a kind of performance artist on an unfamiliar stage.

During Chemo, My Father Ate Canned Mandarins | Amy Ratto Parks | FALL 2022

Sometimes the simple pleasures in dark times are just enough.

Early Mornings | Noam Margalit | FALL 2021

Small, delicate, startling images - fragile violet vessels on hands, a scar under the crease of an arm - frame this poem about the “weight of watching.”

E.B. | Amy Caruso Brown | SPRING 2015

How suffering continues to revisit us, no matter how many times we experience it.

Emergency Department | Stefanie Reiff | SPRING 2015

Sometimes what is witnessed in a hospital is experienced at the most unexpected moments.

Entering the Sick Room | Cortney Davis | FALL 2018

How to be the bearer of news.

E.R. Prophet Night Shift Spring 2020 | Katrina Kostro | SPRING 2020

Intake questions reveal the past and prophesy the future.

Essential | Alexis Rehrmann | FALL 2020

When the world changes, we consider what is most essential.

Eva Borrisov | Joan Michelson | FALL 2015

Even the traces of past lives eventually vanish.

Evening Music | Anna Delamerced | SPRING 2020

Something new, something old - a portrait.

Even the Ground is Moving | Tess Langan | FALL 2022

McDonald’s and rounds of UNO mark the end of an era—and the beginning of a new one.

Exchange | Wendy French | SPRING 2017

A glimpse into a quiet world.

Expecting | Jennifer O’Brien | SPRING 2022

All the preparation in the world can’t make you ready for a life-changing moment when it arrives.

The Faithful | Elisabeth McKetta | FALL 2015

A moment of care from a caregiver, questioning who cares.

Falling | Larry Oakner | FALL 2017

A series of events gives rise to questions about an incident in the past.

Family as Six Scenes | Ting Gou | FALL 2016

Those most familiar to us come together through stories.

Family Meeting: Medical Student Meets Patient’s Daughter | Katrina Kostro | SPRING 2020

A woman makes her final wishes heard.

Fanny (Your Monster) | Sarah Joyce | SPRING 2014

The many triggers of memory stir up complex associations.

Fear of Causing Pain | Irene Mathieu | SPRING 2015

The prick of a needle holds a host of emotions and memories.

Field Notes from a Healthcare Worker in America | Jane Newkirk | SPRING 2022

What a caregiver does to overcome the reality of challenging conditions? Simply care.

FIFE Erasure from p. 78 Bates Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking | Zamina Mithani | FALL 2021

Take the usual form to fill out with questions to pose and deconstruct it to see what you really are asking.

First Page | Jennifer Stella | FALL 2019

An urgent plea against time and death.

First Year | Anna Harvey Bluemel | FALL 2022

A summary of time, and all of the tasks a clinician does, captured by moments of vitality.

For My Father, Lost | Larry Oakner | FALL 2017

Memories, found: A son relives a long-ago trip to the berry farm with his dad.

Four A.M. | Albert Leung | SPRING 2021

In the still of the night: A physician reflects on the dying process with loved ones.

The Four Stages of Grief | Kate Steger | FALL 2014

Four stages of cancer. Endless stages of grief. A daughter grapples with her mother’s absence.