“Attending” by Ronald Epstein, Mindfulness, & Prayer
I first heard of mindfulness during my residency training. As an Asian-American, doctor, and as a Christian, I was triply skeptic of …
February Blessing Rounds – Art, Medicine, & Life
There’s something intricate and mysterious about joy. Whenever I find my self most happy the most natural next action is praise and …
Examining Princess Mononoke: Death, Medicine, and the Direct Address
What makes a person not waver in front of death? One of the best parts about movies, literature, and art in general …
Antoon Postma’s Treasure of a Minority
Antoon Postma, a Dutch anthropologist, did significant research about the poetry and culture of the Hanunoo people, a Mangyan sub-tribe in the …
Every Good Gift by Linda Baker Kaahanui
The Cultural Revolution and Bamboo Curtain I recently was recommended to read Every Good Gift by Linda Baker Kaahanui. In the 1990s, Kaahanui …
Heirs of General Practice by John McPhee
Heirs of General Practice is a collection of vignettes about some of the first family doctors in rural Maine. It is a …
County by Dr. David Ansell
County: Life, Death, and Politics at Chicago’s Public Hospital is a book written by Dr. David Ansell that I recently read. It’s …
My Bitter Pill
Steven Brill’s “Bitter Pill: Why medical bills are killing us” Bruised, stunned, winded, exhausted, frustrated. That is how I felt after reading …
The Good Doctor – Sai R. Park MD
Medical Missionary to North Korea I recently finished The Good Doctor, an autobiography by Sai R. Park MD that I picked up during …
Chai Ling – Tiananmen Square Protest Leader
Chai Ling – Tiananmen Square Protest Student Leader During my attendance at the 2012 Urbana Missions Conference, I had the honor of …