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. As one of the most prolific and acclaimed physician writers today, Dr. Danielle Ophry, is the author of seven books on the intricacies of modern medical practice and the doctor-patient relationship.

Her other writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, the New Yorker,

and various leading medical journals. In addition, she is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Bellevue Literary Review.

In her work, Dr. Ophu often uses vivid narratives to shed light on the highs and lows of being a doctor.

In this episode she joins us to share her path to medicine and to writing, how doctors

can mitigate the moral injury they experience in their work, and how doctors can mitigate the moral injury they experience in their work,

and how storytelling can help comfort us in moments of suffering.

Dr. Olfrey, thank you so much for joining us and welcome to the show.

Thank you, it's really a pleasure to be here.

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