“I was a Yankee when my family lived in Australia... I was a gringa when we lived in Mexico, then in Peru. In places where English was spoken, I stood out because of my accent,” #acupuncture #practitioner Cali Gaston writes.

Read here: pulsevoices.org/stories/many-s…

This was such a great read! Thank you for your work.

For #InternationalHaikuPoetryDay here's one I wrote last year. Hadn't realised it had been published on here until today.

“Finally, some blood in my urine forced me to seek care, which led to the CT scan,” Dr. Deborah Pierce writes in about her time as a #patient .

Fortunately for us, this is her 7th #published #essay in Pulse! Click the link to #read the others.

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Thank you so much for sharing!!

An eight-year-old granddaughter helps her Chinese grandfather deflect a doctor’s nosy questions. Listen to the newest Pulse #podcast episode at the link below.

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Honored to share my story 'Stigmata' on the premiere episode of the Pulse podcast. A decade on, the experience of realizing the power - in every sense - of the OR continues to resonate. Thanks to Pulse & Macy Foundation for the opportunity.
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Tune in for our VERY FIRST #podcast episode on outside, featuring Dr. Kevin Koo. Available on our Pulse website or on Spotify.

Let us know what you think!

pulsevoices.org/podcasts/

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Aneta and Isaac speak with Zak Mucha about his experience working as a supervisor with an Assertive Community Treatment Program (ACT), providing 24/7 care to patients struggling with psychosis, and his own journey discovering psychoanalysis.

Listen Here:
analytic-room.com/podcast/

We have some fun surprises in store for the Pulse community!

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“This is a self-portrait taken shortly after my operation. The addition of the voice box… is meant to show how my voice has been boxed in and blanked out,” #artist and retired #teacher Karen Elias writes about this piece.

View: pulsevoices.org/visuals/voice-… #patient #medicine

Submissions are now open. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:

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The Death of Me by James Burns graphicmedicine.org/the-death-of-m… via @graphicmedicine

Writers! You have 2 days left to submit to our Spring Online Contest! We're so excited to read your work!

Pain and Narrative

A stellar special issue of Literature and Medicine edited by Sara Wasson muse.jhu.edu/issue/52188

Submissions open April 1st. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below:

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“But that doesn’t change the fact that Aisha felt coerced into a procedure she wasn’t convinced she needed”, Dr. Maria Gervits writes about the traumatic labor of her patient.

Read more here: pulsevoices.org/stories/powerl… #narrativemedicine #birth #obgyn #familymedicine #medicine

Fear, confusion, vulnerability...practicing empathy as a team helps, even when it's obvious #empathy Pulse

Thank you for sharing your story with us!