An aura of sorrow encompasses as Steel doors slam behind Penetrating merciless air.
Stagnant aromas wafting On white walls with no peace Sterilized of all hope. Alive corpses …

The hour was half past midnight. The Lady with the Lamp made her way slowly through the
corridors filled with wounded, sick and dying soldiers, clear-headed and broken-hearted …

It is 1927. The author, John Patrick Dunn, is 7 years old, and his brother Billy is five. Their
father, Dr. John Francis Dunn, is a general practitioner whose office is in his home. Known …

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Feet tumbled toward me in greeting. I exchanged my contaminated work clothes, listened to
the cacophony of news: a newly wiggly tooth, a crashed ship, an urgent report of an errant …

I am twenty-six years of age and finishing my first year of College at Harry S. Truman in
Chicago. Prior to 2018, I had received no formal education. Most of my classmates treat me …

Not in a sudden fit of forgetfulness, but in the way a robin leaves her eggs and never comes
back. You know how the bird feels. To wait and stare out into the weather. The men washing …

The family of AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has lost a
dear friend and esteemed colleague, Dr. William “Bill” Smucker, who passed away on …

" There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine--keeping patients alive at all costs.
Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions tethered to machines and tubes, even …

Usually the visiting room is empty. So one rainy morning, when the room was dark, I was
taken by surprise when someone spoke to me." Are you Dr. Seravalli?" asked a slim figure …