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When it comes to health care, nothing is nonpartisan. Melania Trump’s visit to a Boston hospital harms patients and providers

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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When my favorite patient turned on me, I learned a lesson in the emotional work of doctoring

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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Once I was warned not to be a ‘mommy doctor.’ Was I becoming a ‘mommy writer’?

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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Why are we less forgiving of Ralph Northam as a politician than as a doctor?

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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Dear Atul Gawande: As you go on your listening tour, don’t forget about mental health

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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Watch: The patient was saying sexist things. How I handled him made me part of the problem

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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My ‘sunken place’: Having to call police when I know it could be deadly for my black patients

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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‘Don’t trust your patients’: What Larry Nassar’s boss gets very, very wrong

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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People with mental illness can make psychiatric advance directives. We need to encourage them to do so

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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Here are my New Year’s resolutions. Some of them apply to medicine as well

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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#MeToo: So many of my patients have a story. And absorbing them is taking its toll

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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Match matters: Here’s some advice on how to interview for your residency

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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An elderly doctor was struggling. I spoke up. Then came the ‘snitch guilt’

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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How a kidney stone taught me that medicine has changed me

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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My medical school lesson was tinged with racism. Did that affect how I treated a sickle cell patient years later?

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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Two little girls, two similar paths to medicine, but one difference: immigration

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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I went to medical school in Charlottesville. I know white anger well

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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Prescribing opioids: Balancing pain relief and addiction prevention haunted my early days in medicine

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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A text message helped one of my patients stay in control of his health. Here’s how

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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When my patient died, I imagined what his life had been. Then I learned the truth

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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Working at the ‘top of my license’ means I sometimes have to say no

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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What Henrietta Lacks’s story taught me about trust and my role as a doctor

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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My job was to mentor this student. Instead, I left her behind

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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Patients come first, but do doctors’ feelings still count?

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

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Why I’ve learned to leave blank spots in some patients’ medical records

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

When the hoofbeats really are a zebra’s, a patient community helps me navigate a new rare-disease reality

There’s no one-size-fits-all for physician bodies. Why don’t ads for trendy medical scrubs reflect that?

As medical professionals, my husband and I know the Nigerian travel ban is cruel. Now the pain is personal

My baby needed expensive intensive care, but my insurer was taking a long weekend. How can this be?

When it comes to health care, nothing is nonpartisan. Melania Trump’s visit to a Boston hospital harms patients and providers

When my favorite patient turned on me, I learned a lesson in the emotional work of doctoring

Once I was warned not to be a ‘mommy doctor.’ Was I becoming a ‘mommy writer’?

Why are we less forgiving of Ralph Northam as a politician than as a doctor?

Dear Atul Gawande: As you go on your listening tour, don’t forget about mental health

Watch: The patient was saying sexist things. How I handled him made me part of the problem

My ‘sunken place’: Having to call police when I know it could be deadly for my black patients

‘Don’t trust your patients’: What Larry Nassar’s boss gets very, very wrong

People with mental illness can make psychiatric advance directives. We need to encourage them to do so

Here are my New Year’s resolutions. Some of them apply to medicine as well

#MeToo: So many of my patients have a story. And absorbing them is taking its toll

Match matters: Here’s some advice on how to interview for your residency

An elderly doctor was struggling. I spoke up. Then came the ‘snitch guilt’

How a kidney stone taught me that medicine has changed me

My medical school lesson was tinged with racism. Did that affect how I treated a sickle cell patient years later?

Two little girls, two similar paths to medicine, but one difference: immigration

I went to medical school in Charlottesville. I know white anger well

Prescribing opioids: Balancing pain relief and addiction prevention haunted my early days in medicine

A text message helped one of my patients stay in control of his health. Here’s how

When my patient died, I imagined what his life had been. Then I learned the truth

Working at the ‘top of my license’ means I sometimes have to say no

What Henrietta Lacks’s story taught me about trust and my role as a doctor

My job was to mentor this student. Instead, I left her behind

Patients come first, but do doctors’ feelings still count?

Why I’ve learned to leave blank spots in some patients’ medical records