The Grip of Alcoholism
Turning the tide of addiction
Clinical Curiosity and Compassion
The balance of maintaining a patient-focus within clinical learnings
A Sacred Space
Trust in surgical teams under the spotlight as issues around patient vulnerability and faith are explored
Pressure
Clinicians’ need for self-compassion unpicked
Deep Cleanse
A clinical conversation with positive impact
On my level
Taking the lead from patients’ embodiment
10 Minutes
Time-pressured consultations
‘The Current Situation’
The professional and personal impact of remote consultations on both healthcare staff and patients
A surprisingly memorable online consultation
A patient’s spontaneous response makes a student’s day
Conscious
A rare medical incident highlights the role of care within surgical intervention
The Shadowed Carer
The huge contribution of home-carers to society and their well-being is highlighted during a GP consultation
Curiosity
A student’s insight into the sensitive dialogue within consultation places due weight on the gifts of genuine authentic connection in healthcare
Sleep
Does the doctor take their patients’ challenges home or close this door at the surgery?
Primum non nocere: first do no harm
Tension between the will to ‘cure’ and treatment impairing the patient’s health
The chair-shaped space
Triangulating perspectives in GP consultations
The Art of the Patient-Narrative
The challenges of describing physical symptoms verbally
The Barrier of Medical Jargon
A plea for less clinical terminology used in consultations to build a more participatory relationship between clinicians and patients
Heart in Your Hands
The privilege of receiving the patient’s heart and soul
Infertility
A GP consultation inspired exploration into the cultural stigma and emotional impact of infertility
To Act in the Best Interests of the Patient
The stressful impact of medical consultations on doctors.
The Art of Medicine- ‘The Doctor as an Artist’
A nuanced insight into the dynamic complexities and creativity of clinical consultations within authentic holistic care
Bad News
The perils of clinical burnout and preventative measures are discussed
Hercules
The weight of responsibility in patient-care and maintaining work/life balance
Surgeon Stress
Combined perspectives of a heart surgeon in practice and view of his own heart under medical pressures and the gaze of peers
Dear Diary
Prose in diary form – composite fictional account. based on observations of patients in an oncology clinic
If in doubt, call it out!
The ward as a stressful environment when clinicians overlook patients’ privacy
The Appearance of Disease
A student visualises patients from their medical notes pre-consultation
Life-Line
A GP provides timely support to a patient with addiction
The Future
An emergency hospitalization where the patient is unaware of gravity of her condition
A Patient Examination
Non-dualism in Arts and Science
Listening To A Heart
Really listening patients, their hopes and fears and what has brought them to their doctor in the first place
The Architecture of the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Caring and effective doctor-patient relationships from student observations within consultations
Resilient Doctors
Views on doctors modelling health in work situations
Crisis-Point
A home-visit to elderly man provides an unexpected chink of connection through spirituality
Silence is the loudest cry – my approach to depression
Complexities around presenting with anxiety and depression – an informative, patient-based context
I would like you to relieve my pain
Insights into the challenges of supporting chronic pain through case-studies and clinical context
The effect of medical team-work on patient care
An analysis of interconnected network supporting holistic patient care in hospital
Beyond Appearances
A student’s observation of a surgeon establishing clinical boundaries
How Can I Ever Forgive Myself?
Prose about a patient’s unbearable grief and guilt and a doctor’s support
Practise What You Preach
The hypocrisy of an authoritarian doctor with life-style issues lecturing on well-being
BERG Balance
Physiotherapist supporting a patient through a balance test
Real Symptoms
A challenging consultation with a dissatisfied, distraught patient