A dire need for narrators in medicine

An American poet and political activist, Muriel Rukeyser, said the universe is made of stories, not of atoms.  I believe her.

As a seasoned storywriter and storyteller, I walked gingerly into the adult emergency services for my first shift as a volunteer at a legendary New York City public hospital. I sported a crisply ironed red polo with “emergency department volunteer” embroidered in white stitch.

Armed with a pocket notebook and a …

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