• Annals of family medicine · May 2023

    How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?

    • Tanushree Nair.
    • University of Chicago Family Medicine, Chicago, Illinois tnair2013@gmail.com.
    • Ann Fam Med. 2023 May 1; 21 (3): 282283282-283.

    AbstractBeing a resident is hard. Being a resident dealing with a recent breakup is even harder. I wrote this piece after a serendipitous encounter on Valentine's Day with an elderly woman who embraced her messy journey to finding love, no matter her age or circumstance. We learn a lot from our patients: from their bodies, physiologies, and illnesses, we learn to become stronger clinicians; from their stories, traumas, and emotions, we learn to become more full, well-rounded humans. Looking back, I think about how easily I almost missed this heartfelt connection by being absorbed in my usual checklist of tasks for a new hospital admission. My patient's keen insight into her own romantic life taught me a vital skill in both medicine and personal relationships: the importance of being open to the unexpected.Annals "Online First" article.© 2023 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.

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