Brain procedures help patients with treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions. But providers still grapple with ethical questions and the history of lobotomies
Patients miss appointments — and health care workers miss work — because there’s no one to watch the kids. New programs test how on-site childcare might help.
At Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, students take patient histories, conduct physicals, make presentations, and document findings.
Community healers and leaders must address issues related to inequality, social exclusion, racism, and bias that all too often are linked to societal violence.