Hi, I'm Henry Bear.

And I'm Tyler Johnson.

And you're listening to The Doctor's Art, a podcast that explores meaning in medicine.

Throughout our medical training and career, we have pondered.

What makes medicine meaningful?

Can a stronger understanding of this meaning create better doctors?

How can we build health care institutions that nurture the doctor-patient connection.

What can we learn about the human condition

from accompanying our patients in times of suffering?

In seeking answers to these questions,

we meet with deep thinkers working across health care,

from doctors and nurses to patients and health care

executives, those who have collected a career's worth

of hard-earned wisdom.

Probing the moral heart that beats at the core of medicine, we will hear stories that are by turns heart-breaking, amusing, inspiring, challenging, and enlightening.

We welcome anyone curious about why doctors do what they do.

Join us as we think out loud about what illness and healing

can teach us about some of life's biggest questions. The Bill and Mellett Gates Foundation, with an endowment of over $50 billion is one of the largest and most influential philanthropic organizations in the world, with a focus on addressing global health, poverty, and

education, its initiatives have led to the reduction of malaria mortality by 60%

over the past two decades, the near eradication of polio, increased educational opportunities

of millions of students, particularly in underserved communities, and improved sanitation

conditions for millions of people in developing countries.

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