Hi, I'm Henry Bear.

And I'm Tyler Johnson.

And you're listening to The Doctors 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 heartbreaking, 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 advances of modern medicine paint a picture of optimism depicting awe-inspiring treatments

and cures that just a few years ago would have been considered impossible miracles.

Yet inevitably, there are moments in medicine that compel us to face a truth that

not all problems can be fixed.

Recognizing the boundaries of medicine and navigating the space between what can

be done and what should be done for a patient requires a fundamental shift in mindset,

one imbued with an understanding that sometimes acceptance becomes the most compassionate response.

Our guest on this episode, palliative care physician Dr. Sunita Piri has dedicated her life to probing this

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