The Permanente Press, in conjunction with The Permanente Journal presents this medical literary and arts e-journal, leaflet -- to open greater opportunity to share the creative visual and written works of physicians and nurses.

Emergency • By Denise Fuson, MD
Enchanted • By Sapna Reddy, MD
Fighting Heart Attack • By Shenshen Dou
Heart Linkage • By Shenshen Dou
Feluccas Ending Another Day: Sunset on the Nile in Luxor, Egypt • By Tim Munzing, MD
Science Expression: Micro Galaxy • By Shenshen Dou
Mystical • By Brad Christian McDowell, MD, FACS
Nature of Dreams • By Sapna Reddy, MD
Night Shift • By Brad Christian McDowell, MD, FACS

Volume 5; Issue 2

- Blue Eyes
  
  • By Patricia Lynes, RN
- Emergency
  
  • By Denise Fuson, MD
- Enchanted
  
  • By Sapna Reddy, MD
- Feluccas Ending Another Day:
  Sunset on the Nile in Luxor, Egypt
  
  • By Tim Munzing, MD
- Fighting Heart Attack
  
  • By Shenshen Dou
- Good Cooking Stories … for Now
  
  • By David Baer, MD
- He Died Alone
  
  • By Kai Ng, MD
- Heart Linkage
  
  • By Shenshen Dou
- I Don’t Know Whose It Is
  
  • By Petra Hoette, MD
- Mystical
  
  • By Brad Christian McDowell, MD, FACS
- Nature of Dreams
  
  • By Sapna Reddy, MD

Night Shift

• By Brad Christian McDowell, MD, FACS
Patient As Healer

• By June Pham, MD
Science Expression: Micro Galaxy

• By Shenshen Dou
Stories for My Daughter

• By Lindsay Mazotti, MD
That Pic Meant Everything

• By Ava A Lee, MD
The Death Dog

• By Jonathan Peng, MD
The Elderly Couple

• By William Lynes, MD
The Path No Longer There

• By Caroline Tsen, MD, MPH, MPP
The Ride

• By Byron J Van Dyke, MD
The Ringing Went Away

• By John D Verzosa, MD
The Same Sudden Loss

• By Hong Y Li, MD
To Die At Home

• By Russ David Granich, MD

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Editor's Note:

A couple of years ago at the Northern California Physician Wellness Conference in Squaw Valley, a group of physicians gathered to create and share stories as part of a wellness exercise in narrative medicine. As sunlight sparkled on the snow and lake outside, physicians put pen to paper to tell stories of their own lives, both personal and professional, and their patients’ lives, tragic and joyful.

These “Quick Writes” tell of humanity and empathy: A woman who cooked; an elderly couple struggling with dementia and end of life; a physician struggling with guilt; an adult daughter, now a mother, reaching out to her physician-mother for medical advice.

These stories, created in 15-minute writing sessions and then minimally polished, demonstrate the power of what can be done in just a few minutes.

Companion to these written pieces, I have chosen images: Paintings that explore science and medicine, and photographic artwork, mostly landscapes, on which to feast your eyes.

It is my privilege to be able to share these very personal moments with you and to share in these human experiences.

—Max McMillen, ELS

The Permanente Journal is celebrating it's 20th anniversary year.
We look forward to continuing to bring you more high-quality content during the next 20 years.

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