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Living Fully with Illness
The power of a patient’s self-reflection as a tool for coping with illness is explored by a nurse scientist who has studied meditation as a health technique, and by a cancer survivor who teaches other patients abou...
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Living Fully with Illness is an episode from Humankind on Public Radio by David Freudberg. The power of a patient’s self-reflection as a tool for coping with illness is explored by a nurse scientist who has studied meditation as a hea...
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Published Sep 4, 2025, 29:26 long, audio available.
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The power of a patient’s self-reflection as a tool for coping with illness is explored by a nurse scientist who has studied meditation as a health technique, and by a cancer survivor who teaches other patients about the value of therapeutic writing in expressing their inward feelings. To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit humanmedia.org Humankind specials are heard on NPR and PRX member stations, in association with GBH Boston.
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Living Fully with Illness is from Humankind on Public Radio by David Freudberg.
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Published Sep 4, 2025 and 29:26 long