Tag: Jeffrey Lee
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Maintaining a moral compass in medicine
Jeffrey Lee Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States “The Doctor.” Painting by Sir Luke Fildes, 1891. Location: Tate Gallery, London Fildes the doctor It seemed like just another day during my third-year surgical rotation until I heard Mrs. W. cry. It was during daily rounds in the bustling ICU, and our team was squeezed around a single…
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Cultivating clinical compassion with cultural encounters
Jeffrey Lee Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Sunset along the beaches of Sant Antoni de Calonge The calm waves of the Mediterranean played a lullaby as I walked along the beach, the fine-grained sand gently caressing my toes. I noticed a small group of women massaging each other’s backs. I awkwardly watched them from the…