For Residents
Yoga for Dermatologic Conditions
As both a dermatology resident and yoga instructor, I find the potential correlation between the 2 disciplines to be interesting and a growing...
Modern society needs empathy to understand the events and consequences that occur in our lives and the choices we must make. Witness the popularity of Atul Gawande’s latest book, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.10 The book is intensely personal and thought provoking, and the end-of-life issues Gawande discusses are true to the challenges faced by patients and their caretakers. We may be the caretakers now, but we will all be the patient at some point in our lives. I suggest reading (or rereading) the book and considering whether some of the troubling stories Gawande tells might have been improved if empathy had been present.
If you are having trouble getting in touch with your empathy, the Cleveland Clinic created a powerful video about empathy and patient care that might be helpful (https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=cDDWvj_q-o8).
Be present today, be open to yourself, and be open to the others around you. Let me know if it makes a difference.
