Alas
I have been meaning to start writing this for awhile… I guess it took Easter Sunday and new beginnings to finally put my words out. I have been listening to stories as a public health practitioner for a long time and as a physician for the past four years. In medicine, there is a true moral compass that points north. These stories are meant only to serve the patient. However, I have learned introducing them into a public discourse means feeding the public imagination in ways you never intended and often cannot control. This blog is my attempt at documenting the stories I am catching everyday in my work and translating these stories in a manner that is consistent with my professional obligations as a physician, to heal. I think doing the work also has an emotional cost that can benefit from processing regularly my own thoughts about the journey. I hope in sharing these truths, I can help steer the public imagination towards having a moral compass that points north.
I am an Ethiopian- American public health physician that is using oral histories to teach about health. I have been listening to stories as a public health practitioner for a long time and as a physician for the past six years. In medicine, there is a true moral compass that points north. These stories are meant only to serve the patient. This blog is my attempt at documenting the stories that have the potential to teach how to heal for us all.
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