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Dr. Rana Awdish is the author of In Shock, a landmark medical memoir and the follow-up, After Shock. A sought-after public speaker, she is recognized as a leading voice in the movement to rehumanize healthcare. Her writing has appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Harvard Business Review, and The Washington Post. Her essay The Shape of the Shore was awarded a Sydney by The New York Times and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her work has been featured on NPR, BBC, and CNN.

In 2020, This American Life documented Detroit’s experience of the COVID-19 pandemic in an episode titled “The Reprieve,” using Dr. Awdish’s audio diary chronicling the frontline experiences of Henry Ford Hospital clinicians.

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“It is entirely possible to feel someone’s pain, acknowledge their suffering, hold it in our hands and support them with our presence without depleting ourselves, without clouding our judgment. But only if we are honest about our own feelings.”
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“The traits we revile in others are often the ones that remind us most of our worst selves. And we react most strongly to the faults and flaws we see in others that we are most ashamed of in ourselves”
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“The traits we revile in others are often the ones that remind us most of our worst selves. And we react most strongly to the faults and flaws we see in others that we are most ashamed of in ourselves.”
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“The traits we revile in others are often the ones that remind us most of our worst selves. And we react most strongly to the faults and flaws we see in others that we are most ashamed of in ourselves.”
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