Books Diagnosis Hospital Patient-Centered 
The Medical Futurist
JUNE 21, 2025
The California-based firm, Second Sight , the German company, Retina Implant AG, and the French venture, Pixium Vision were the forerunners of the field, developing implantable visual prosthetics to restore vision to patients who are blind as a result of the rare condition of retinitis pigmentosa.
Tiny Physician
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
A few days back, a video went viral on social media in which a resident doctor (a doctor who is undergoing post-graduation / PG doctor) was shouting at the bystander of a patient. Without even forming an enquiry committee, he was suspended for a few days by the hospital administration in order to satisfy the public. We are overworked.
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GeriPal
DECEMBER 2, 2022
Her most recent book is Dementia Friendly Communities: why we need them and how we can create them . Her most recent book is Creative Care: a revolutionary approach to dementia and elder care . She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief.
GeriPal
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
We make a diagnosis. If they’re a beginning fellow, that’s a very different coaching situation than coaching the chief medical officer or the president of a medical center. I was coaching someone this morning, who really wanted to know, what does your clinic template look like, and how do you respond to patient messages?
Mere Mortal MD
JUNE 5, 2025
When I was in my pre-medical school education, taking the required science classes like organic chemistry and biochemistry—miles off from the usual English Literature Classes I was accustomed to taking—I found a book that drew me in by its title. This is why patients often have side effects like nausea and hair loss.
StorytellERdoc
MARCH 18, 2020
Being an ER physician facing this dilemma on the front lines of a large emergency and trauma center, I am also bearing witness to the more daunting picture of this dilemma--the mental and physical effects Covid-19 is having on our patients as well as on all of us. Be patient when you are frustrated. Wear your smile often.
GeriPal
MAY 22, 2025
Jenny Chen is a palliative care fellow at Yale who regularly sings for her seriously ill patients. Jenny reached out to us because she plays music regularly for her patients, and she said, you should do a podcast about music. And I performed for many palliative patients, and that’s when I started to understand.
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