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Podcast: The Podcast by KevinMD
Episode: Why humanity matters in medicine
Description: Certified coach and professor Kathleen Muldoon discusses her article, "The humanity we bring: a call to hold space in medicine." She shares how her experience as a mother in the neonatal intensive care unit transformed her understanding of empathy and reshaped how she teaches future clinicians. Kathleen explains why health care professionals must hold space for patients and themselves, embracing presence, storytelling, and authenticity as tools for healing. Viewers will learn how humanity is not separate from medicine but its foundation, and how connection and compassion can restore both patients and practitioners. Our presenting sponsor...