The Severance of a Thread

Academic Medicine Podcast by Academic Medicine

Apr 6, 202607:25Science & Medicine

We do not always rage against the dying of the light. Sometimes, we allow the light to fade gently, with grace, in the presence of love. Nezienwa Ezenwa reflects on a patient who demonstrated that medicine is not just ab...

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