In this episode, new host Zaynah Khan meets with Author, Poet, Creative Writing Lecturer, and Ex-Doctor Gita Ralleigh. They are joined by Khadijah, a medical student taught by Gita, and panellists Elgan and Maira who help explore the role of creativity within medicine and how writing can help enhance clinical practice. 

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READING LIST

⁃ ‘Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing’ by Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan

⁃ ‘The Undying’ by Anne Boyer

⁃ Arthur Frank’s framing of patient narratives

⁃ ‘The Empathy Exams’ by Leslie Jamison

⁃ ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ by Paul Kalanithi

⁃ Patient made writing and art

⁃ John Clare’s poetry

⁃ ‘Time is a Mother’ by Ocean Vuong

⁃ ‘Giving Up the Ghost’ by Hilary Mantel

⁃ Phil Whitaker’s commentary

⁃ ‘The Story of a Heart’ by Rachel Clarke

⁃ ‘The Prison Doctor’ by Dr Amanda Brown

⁃ ‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’ by Jean-Dominique Bauby