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“To Mitigate the Afflictions of the Human Race” — The Legacy of Dr. Rebecca Crumpler
April 1, 2021
Vaccinating Children against Covid-19 — The Lessons of Measles
January 20, 2021
The Tragedy of Measles
September 3, 2020
Letter from Florence
The Hudson Review, Summer 2020
Letter From Shanghai
The Hudson Review, Spring 2020
New England Journal of Medicine
Saving Tiny Tim — Pediatrics and Childhood Poverty in the United States
The Fast-Food Fund
At the end of our clinic meeting, one of the doctors announced that she was taking up a collection.
Close Calls
I didn’t realize I was on call that
night until we were at Fenway
Park and the ball game was well under way.
night until we were at Fenway
Park and the ball game was well under way.
Shifting Sands
For drama’s sake, this story should start, “It was the coldest night of the year in Boston.” Poetic license aside, it was a frigid January night
Harvard Medicine magazine
Morality Tales
There's more than a bit of soul-searching needed when physicians bring patients' stories out of the clinic and onto the page
Boredom
Could it be creativity's spark—or a cause for concern?
Harvard Medicine, Spring 2015
Harvard Medicine, Spring 2015
Fever Dreams
Childhood classics swathe familial illness, even death, in bravery, good deeds, and occasionally, magic
A Mother’s Love, Knitted Up in a Flock of Turkey Hats
The New York Times, November 18, 2019
In Praise of Margery Sharp
The New York Times, April 12, 2018
The Plagiarism Jitters
May 9, 2015
She Wasn’t So Ungrateful After All
May 27, 2014
Making Room for Miss Manners Is a Parenting Basic
January 12, 2009
What to Do When the Patient Says, ‘Please Don’t Tell Mom’
December 8, 2008
If a Baby Has a Fever, Treatment All Depends
November 17, 2008
The New York Times
On Knitting
HERS; A Stitch in Time
Be very successful in your public life," wrote Harold Nicolson. "Fame, more than anything else, enables one to wear comfortable and even becoming clothes." It's a good definition of success.
What Knitting Can Teach Us About Parenting
As a pediatrician, I spend many hours thinking and worrying about children and their parents, individually and in the aggregate. But when I have a chance to escape, I like to hang out at Ravelry,
A Mother’s Love, Knitted Up in a Flock of Turkey Hats
My daughter wanted brown hats with two stuffed drumsticks artfully positioned, one on each side — like wearing a roasted turkey, just out of the oven, on your head.
The Museum of the Lady with Only One Neck
In Knitting Pearls: Writers Writing About Knitting, Ann Hood, ed.
In a Stressful Time, Knitting for Calm and Connection
The yarn in my fingers connected me to the past, beyond this strange and terrible year, and to the family members far away.