Nikhil Barot
A Little Paternalism in Medicine Is a Good Thing
Informed consent has its limits. It isn’t always ideal to treat the patient as a consumer in the decision-making process.Photograph by Monkey Business Images / Shutterstock Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . My family had lived in America for only a handful of years when my grandfather had a […]
Why Doctors Should Start Taking Your Past Spiritual History
Sharing what meaning you take from illness can enhance your treatment and sense of well-being.Illustration by Len Small Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . A little over a decade ago, Farr Curlin, a physician and professor of medical humanities at Duke Divinity School, became curious about the spiritual lives […]
This Cancer Treatment Extends Life Without Pills, Radiation, or Surgery
The very act of existential unburdening proves to be life prolonging.Photograph by UpperCut Images / Getty Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . What would go through your mind if I told you that you had cancer? Perhaps you’d wonder how you got it, or how you were going to […]