Rachel talks with Megan Cook, an emergency medicine resident at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Megan shares about her work as a doctor during COVID-19 and the tension between truth and hope that all doctors manage. They discuss Megan’s experiences in the emergency room with COVID patients and how she personally manages the complexity of this time both as a resident and in her personal life.

Host: Rachel Vinciguerra

Guest: Megan Cook

Show Notes

TIMES “TV Doctors’ Confusing Rule in the Coronavirus Pandemic” https://time.com/5828108/tv-doctors-coronavirus/

NYT “Black Coronavirus Patients End Up in Hospitals More Often, Study Finds” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/health/coronavirus-black-patients.html

UN Women. “COVID-19: Emerging Gender Data and Why It Matters.” https://data.unwomen.org/resources/covid-19-emerging-gender-data-and-why-it-matters

Unlocking Us. "Brene Brown on Comparative Suffering" 

In Shock by Rana Awdish

This American Life. "The Reprieve."

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