Patients Are People

Those of you who are regular readers of this blog are likely familiar with my Empathy Project, where I took photographs and made audio recordings of my patients telling of defining moments in their lives as well as what they want their doctors and other caregivers to know about them. Doing this project I heard the story of a 95 year old man who lived through the depression and was then a guard at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II, the story of one of the first 'echo triangulation' specialists who tries out the new technology under heavy bombardment in the Korean War, the man who has a new outlook on life after suffering a cardiac arrest, and the blacksmith who puts his heart and soul into every piece he produces.

In today’s video I talk about some of the motivation and for the project and how it came to be, as well as presenting some of the highlights.

What are your thoughts about this project and about the doctor-patient relationship in the current era? What are your reactions to these patient stories and interviews?

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