There's a NSFW image for this article. Not vulgar, but head's up. Learned a new word while reading this: auscultation. And while she doesn't quite use it like t

There's a NSFW image for this article. Not vulgar, but head's up. Learned a new word while reading this: auscultation. And while she doesn't quite use it like this in the article, I realize that sometimes I auscultate when I listen to people's problems instead of truly empathizing. This is also beautifully written. One of my favorite parts: I am learning to worship strangers, and I want, so badly, the space—the moment—to seek multiple truths, like an artist or a writer—the truth of diagnosis, the truth of personhood. I want to seek out clinical truths with a steady hand and observant eye. But I also want to listen for spiritual truths and emotional truths; I want to expose my heart and be vulnerable enough to feel for and with patients. Bihar sounds like she'll make an incredibly thoughtful doctor.