There's a NSFW image for this article. Not vulgar, but head's up. Learned a new word while reading this: auscultation. And while she doesn't quite use it like this in the article, I realize that sometimes I auscultate when I listen to people's problems instead of truly empathizing.
This is also beautifully written. One of my favorite parts:
I am learning to worship strangers, and I want, so badly,
the space—the moment—to seek multiple truths, like an artist
or a writer—the truth of diagnosis, the truth of personhood.
I want to seek out clinical truths with a steady hand and
observant eye. But I also want to listen for spiritual truths
and emotional truths; I want to expose my heart and be
vulnerable enough to feel for and with patients.
Bihar sounds like she'll make an incredibly thoughtful doctor.
If NSFW means that images of naked body in a non sexual context are not acceptable, then you need to recognise that your culture is perverse. American puritanism is sadly becoming the norm worldwide and that is a dangerous cultural aggression. Somewhat relevant : see how someone had to sue Facebook in order to have his account reinstated after having posted "L'Origine du Monde" on his wall : http://www.lefigaro.fr/arts-expositions/2016/01/06/03015-201...
This is also beautifully written. One of my favorite parts:
Bihar sounds like she'll make an incredibly thoughtful doctor.