Her doctors don't believe that this teenager's intense pelvic pain is real.
What's it like to be nonbinary and pay a visit to the doctor?
A nineteen-year-old receives a diagnosis that eventually reveals her best self.
What's it like when people insist on putting you in a box, but aren't sure which one to put you in?
An aspiring doctor journeys from the West Bank to New York--via Jordan, Ramallah and Jerusalem--in pursuit of the American dream...
What's it like to come down with two debilitating illnesses during your last year of college...?
It's the bureaucratic hassles, not the special needs of an emotionally expressive son, that crush the soul...
A male nurse experiences profiling--and has to be careful not to do the same to others...
In his teens, the author discovered he had a genetic disorder that made him feel like a mistake...
Hearing her mother say that doctors "don't care about people like us" motivated her to become a nurse...
A medical student and then OB-GYN resident discovers what it's like to be a woman in medicine.
Stage IV cancer at age twenty-one made me different from my peers...
A thirty-six-year-old mom with four children and four jobs embarks on a career in nursing...
After ten years in the US, a Chinese immigrant finally finds a doctor who puts her at ease.
As a five-year-old, on her first day of kindergarden, the author was asked, "Are you Black or white?"
Front-page headlines can leave a queer physician feeling alone.
After many tries at a fertility clinic, a physician and her husband decide to change course.
A physician keeps quiet about her past as her patient struggles with alcoholism. (Story: 1:38; Q&A: 10:12)
An emergency room nurse tries desperately to keep up. (Story: 1:54; Q&A: 9:53)
An Air Force veteran develops bad neck pain and calls his doctor. His wife recounts what happens next. (Story: 1:57; Q&A: 14:15)
