A Wounded Healer

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On Being a Doctor21 October 2014A Wounded HealerElizabeth Lawrence, MDElizabeth Lawrence, MDFrom La Familia Medical Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M14-0690 Audio Reading - “A Wounded Healer” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "A Wounded Healer," by E. Lawrence. Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail I devoured books as a young girl. I particularly loved stories of survivors: orphans, runaways, people who had overcome illnesses or lived through natural disasters. I imagined how I would subsist if I were to find myself alone on an island after a shipwreck. I plotted how I would respond upon surviving a plane crash in the Andes. I pictured myself alone in outer space, navigating my spaceship back to Earth.I memorized incantations that I thought might be useful if I met a sorcerer. I practiced map reading. Imaginary kingdoms blurred with foreign lands, and fairy godmothers were as ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From La Familia Medical Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico.Corresponding Author: Elizabeth Lawrence, MD, La Familia Medical Center, PO Box 5395, Santa Fe, NM 87502; e-mail, [email protected]org. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement Audio Reading - “A Wounded Healer” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "A Wounded Healer," by E. Lawrence. Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 21 October 2014Volume 161, Issue 8Page: 611-612KeywordsForecastingHealth careHearingHospitalizationsMedical educationNatural disastersPatientsPrevention, policy, and public healthResidencyTaste ePublished: 21 October 2014 Issue Published: 21 October 2014 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2014 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...