I tried to write the kind of article that I wanted to read when I was an intern. If you're working this holiday, thank you.
Resilience after a Storm: Reflections from a medical mission to Puerto Rico
When patients are at the end of their life, it is an opportunity to step back from the day-to-day accounting, to take stock of their lives, to try to let them know that they are loved, and attend to their most pressing needs. In disasters, too, we have a chance to step back, to think about what happened and how we can do better next time, to consider what would make an effective meaningful response to future tragedies.