Loud music interrupts a family in mourning and sparks a racially charged confrontation. (Story: 1:32; Q&A: 8:15)

A medical student shares a special bond with another person--not a classmate, but a patient. (Story at 1:35; Q&A at 11:00.)

I am a licensed clinical social worker. And, occasionally, a mental patient. Today, in this inpatient psychiatric unit, I am more a patient than a social worker.

A physician can relate to a self-harming teenager--and has the scars to prove it.

A student's hijab, skin color and gender have set her apart ever since a sixth-grade classmate asked, "Where were you on 9/11?"

An eight-year-old granddaughter helps her Chinese grandfather deflect a doctor's nosy questions.

A medical student sees something in the OR--and wishes he could speak up.