by Jeremy Topin | May 30, 2018 | Medicine, Transformation
A few years ago, I stumbled upon the Moth Stories. Originally based out of New York, but now in cities around the country, people would come together at a venue to share and listen to personal stories based on a theme for the evening. Ten people, randomly selected...
by Jeremy Topin | May 22, 2018 | Balance, Change, Transformation
So, a wannabe author/writer walks in to a writer’s conference… Sounds like the beginning of a not very funny joke. But, that was me earlier this month as I attended the Harvard’s Writing, Publishing and Social Media Conference for Healthcare Professionals. Quite a...
by Jeremy Topin | May 18, 2018 | Balance, Change, Medicine, Transformation
Fast I eat. Fast. Often, I consume the food I place on my plate before I even make it to the kitchen table. It’s as if I grew up during times of famine, desperate for each and every morsel. On the rare night my family has dinner together, I am usually finishing just...
by Jeremy Topin | May 3, 2018 | Double Effect, End of life, Medical Education, Medicine, Palliative Care
This post was first published on Doximity’s Op-(M)ed “First Stab” Collection on 5/2/18 under the title: Should I Heal or Comfort? Chicago, in February, was dark and cold. Even more so at 5:00 AM, when scraping ice and snow from my windshield before...