EPISODE · Oct 25, 2019 · 17 MIN
Podcast 239: Talking with veterans
from Clinical Conversations · host NEJM Group
Running Time: 18 minutes Veterans Day will be here soon, and this episode introduces you to Patrick Tripp, a writer and radiation oncologist. He’s taken conversations with some of his patients and published thumbnail profiles of several in a remarkable essay in the London Review of Books (that’s right, it’s not a medical journal). The patients all happened to be veterans of the war in Vietnam. There are no biomedical insights here — or are there? At the very least, you are reminded that the people in the exam room all have stories to tell, and if you have the luxury of listening to them you may just learn more about their true chief complaint. Patrick Tripp’s London Review of Books essay The post Podcast 239: Talking with veterans first appeared on Clinical Conversations.
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Running Time: 18 minutes Veterans Day will be here soon, and this episode introduces you to Patrick Tripp, a writer and radiation oncologist. He’s taken conversations with some of his patients and published thumbnail profiles of several in a remarkable essay in the London Review of Books (that’s right, it’s not a medical journal). The patients all […]
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