“Just Ask Your Doctor”: Therapeutic Narratives and the Path to Healing
August 2, 2016

by Karen Knops, MD “Bones” was one of my favorite patients.  Close to seventy years old, he’d had a wild youth riding motorcycles.  His nickname was minted after one of his … chevron_right Read more

New book gives snapshot of medical student experiences
May 16, 2016

We are proud to announce the publication of in-Training: Stories from Tomorrow’s Physicians, a compendium of peer-edited narratives written by medical students on humanism, their real-life patients, and the challenges of … chevron_right Read more

Five minutes of compassion just isn’t enough
May 12, 2016

by Vina Pulido, MD On my first morning of primary care clinic as a second year resident, I saw a daunting increase in my scheduled number of patients. While I had … chevron_right Read more

I am not a layperson
May 10, 2016

by Cara Coleman, JD, MPH Once a month, I teach a session for third-year medical students about the Patient Centered Medical Home as part of their ambulatory clerkship. After I … chevron_right Read more

Gold Foundation Partners With Empathetics, Inc.
February 16, 2016

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation has partnered with Empathetics, Inc. to help bring empathy education to medical and nursing students. Empathetics—founded by Gold-funded researcher Dr. Helen Riess—is a leading empathy … chevron_right Read more

Patients Must Be VIPs
February 5, 2016

by Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH / Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Thomas Frieden received our 2015 Humanism in Medicine Award at the Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s Golden Thread … chevron_right Read more

Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup — January 2016
January 29, 2016

Burnout, Interprofessional Education & Teamwork, Medical Education, Patient-Practitioner Relationships, Professionalism, Research on Humanism in Medicine, Technology and Humanism. All these things and more in this month’s Research Roundup! chevron_right Read more

Asking this question will ease patients’ suffering
January 14, 2016

A new essay in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggests physicians ask “What’s the worst part of this for you?” when speaking to patients about their pain or … chevron_right Read more

Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup — December 2015
December 31, 2015

This post is part of our series of Research Roundups — a list of recently published studies on humanism in healthcare. If you would like to be notified each time a Research … chevron_right Read more

Our Top 5 Blog Posts of 2015
December 23, 2015

The following five blog posts from our blog Humanizing Medicine were our most popular of 2015. What Happens When You Run Out of Empathy? — a reflective essay by Sam Schueler, MD ERAS … chevron_right Read more

11 Great Articles on Humanism in Healthcare from 2015

Here are the 11 articles from 2015 that resonated the most with our Facebook community. They prove simultaneously that humanism is alive and well, and that we must work to … chevron_right Read more

Review of “Heart Murmurs” by Sharon Dobie
December 8, 2015

by Molly Olmsted “It was quiet while they wrote,”  states Valerie Ross, MS in describing workshops in which physicians wrote about coming to know themselves better through interactions with their patients. The stories that … chevron_right Read more

“States of Grace”: Film Review
November 12, 2015

by Perry Dinardo For years, Dr. Grace Dammann dedicated herself to caring for others. As a physician, she co-founded the HIV/AIDS unit to care for patients at Laguna Honda Hospital … chevron_right Read more

Does authenticity matter when it comes to empathy?
October 23, 2015

by Perry Dinardo In the past few months we at the Gold Foundation have noticed heightened discussion of the role of authenticity in medical practice. Here, we summarize four recent … chevron_right Read more

Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup — September 2015
September 28, 2015

This post is part of our series of Research Roundups — a list of recently published studies on humanism in healthcare. If you would like to be notified each time a Research … chevron_right Read more

Empathectomy (noun): the removal of empathy
September 3, 2015

by Madiha Aziz The meeting was doomed from its first words. Without a moment for pleasantries, the mother of the patient jumped into a monologue. Mrs. F spoke about her … chevron_right Read more

Humanism in Medicine Research Roundup — August 2015
August 31, 2015

This post is part of our series of Research Roundups — a list of recently published studies on humanism in medicine. If you would like to be notified each time a Research … chevron_right Read more

Gender and Patient-Centered Medicine: Past and Present
August 14, 2015

by Olivia Weisser, PhD “Patient-centered care” is one of the most frequent buzzwords in medicine right now. The idea is to focus on what’s best for each individual patient rather than … chevron_right Read more

Humanism in Medicine Research Roundup — July 2015
July 23, 2015

This post is part of our series of Research Roundups — a list of recently published studies on humanism in medicine. If you would like to be notified each time a Research … chevron_right Read more

Who’s listening? Who cares?
June 26, 2015

by Brandy King, MLIS and Elizabeth Gaufberg, MD with grateful acknowledgement to Sigall Bell, MD and Fred Hafferty, PhD. On June 23, 2015 the Washington Post ran a story titled … chevron_right Read more

2015 Summer Reading for Compassionate Clinicians
June 13, 2015

Compiled by Ellen Hedstrom Here are a few 2014 and 2015 releases we’re looking forward to reading this Summer! What’s on your to-read list? The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: … chevron_right Read more

What happens when you run out of empathy?
June 9, 2015

by Sam Schueler, MD I am outside the room where my second-to-last patient of the morning in my primary care clinic awaits me. I will refer to him as Mr. … chevron_right Read more

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Non-compliance explained…and what healthcare leaders can do about it
June 3, 2015

by Thomas Dahlborg “My doctor says I’m non-compliant,” she sobbed. This 40 year old woman had recently been diagnosed as morbidly obese and told she was at risk for heart disease … chevron_right Read more

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Quiet Courage
May 26, 2015

by Meghan McConnell, PhD I recently had the pleasure of attending the inaugural Arnold P. Gold Foundation Symposium, titled “Mapping the Landscape: Journeying Together.”  Over the course of my short … chevron_right Read more

Humanism in Medicine Research Roundup — May 2015
May 20, 2015

This post is part of our series of Research Roundups — a list of recently published studies on humanism in medicine. If you would like to be notified each time a Research … chevron_right Read more

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