A transgender doctor is mistreated by a health care provider — and wants to make the system better for patients like her. Read by author Laura Arrowsmith, originally published in September 2017.

Good patient care is found not on a computer screen but in being truly present with patients. Read by author Abraham Verghese, originally published in October 2016.

A physician discovers a potential environmental link to asthma attacks in a poor Chicago community. Read by author Kohar Jones, originally published in May 2016.

A palliative care physician helps a cancer patient cope with her coming death, while her oncologist struggles to give up treatment. Read by author Diane Meier, originally published in May 2014.

A nephrologist's patient is ideally suited for kidney transplant — except that he is an undocumented immigrant. (read by author Vanessa Grubbs, originally published in February 2014)