Personal #Narrative - The weight of listening: counting minutes, carrying stories "The peon lingers, broom in hand As though he’d grasp, or understand The dust I sweep from broken minds If only I’d sweep faster, rewind" rhime.in/ojs/index.php/… #mentalhealthcare #Communication

Shout-out to our layout editors Santhosh Kumar Sundaram and Abhilasha Kapoor There'd be no #RHiME or reason without you!

#Narrative From innocence to insanity and back "...referring him for institutionalization was an act of hope. We based our decision on CHIME, a personal recovery conceptual framework that stands for Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning & Empowerment." rhime.in/ojs/index.php/…

Book Review: Doctors Do Cry... "With 64 short #stories and 13 #poems, the collection brings together perspectives from a variety of medical backgrounds, including practising and past #physicians as well as #medical students." rhime.in/ojs/index.php/… #HealthHum #Narratives

Movie #Review: The Eternal Memory - a reflection on #ageing, #dementia, and #caregiving "...medicine is not just about increasing longevity. It’s about safeguarding that life—no matter how short—and ensuring it is lived with dignity, love, and care." rhime.in/ojs/index.php/…

#Narrative: Of filial obligations in medicine "one of the roles that teachers can effectively play in a learning environment as stressful as a medical school is that of mentor." rhime.in/ojs/index.php/…

Book review: All Sky, Mirror Ocean - A Healing Manifesto rhime.in/ojs/index.php/… "Necyk invites us into his story, and also shares with ethics, humility, and gentleness, the stories of others" #ChronicIllness #Bipolar #Storytelling #Trauma #PoetryinMedicine

Ajab sa Itvaar [Hindi] #PoetryinMedicine #Professionalism #maternalmortality #Compassion #Empathy "26 year old female, 9 months pregnant with active bleeding, her haemoglobin has dropped to 4g/dl" rhime.in/ojs/index.php/…

#poetryinmedicine: The irony TRIGGER WARNING: Mental health, Suicidal ideation "I’m lucky my conscience is louder than my thoughts." rhime.in/ojs/index.php/… #HealthHum #MedHum

Book review: A Critical History of Women’s Health in Modern Sri Lanka "women’s health...is influenced by politics and religion in many parts of the world." rhime.in/ojs/index.php/… #contraception #familyplanning #womenshealth

Poem: Muted ultrasound "I could read their minds, eyes that screamed as if asking, “What is the baby?” rather than "How is my child?"" rhime.in/ojs/index.php/… #PoetryinMedicine #HealthHum #MedHum #prenatalUSG

Treasured touch -­ a perspective into human touch in medicine "I left the ward that day having learned of Virchow’s triad, but also about the value of human touch; about the disguised power and respect that lies in the contact of epidermis with epidermis" rhime.in/ojs/index.php/…

When recognition goes into remission: a story of conflict in clinical teams "When a department’s brightest spark feels dimmed, the shadows fall everywhere. The juniors, who once flocked to Dr. Blaze’s sessions, now whispered about the tension" rhime.in/ojs/index.php/… #HealthHum

Book review: Pioneers of Medical Sciences & Their Inspiring Achievements "As the author takes us through the lives of these doyens, he emphasizes that training in the arts & social sciences can help medical doctors ...provide holistic care to patients" rhime.in/ojs/index.php/…

#PoetryinMedicine Dirge of the dispossessed "We ration time between blasts and raids, teaching them subtraction: 7 seconds to mourn, 5 to dig, 3 to forget their own names and 1 to shout for help." rhime.in/ojs/index.php/… #War #Medicalshortages #Mentalhealth #Starvation #PTSD

Book Review: Perspectives in Medical Education, 1st edition "it is important to create a positive educational environment to promote a dynamic learning culture to encourage students to learn self­care and in turn care for peers and society" rhime.in/ojs/index.php/… #MedEd

The first heart I ever held #narrative #HealthHum #MedHum #MedEd "The air was thick with the sharp, unmistakable scent of a cadaveric preservation solution, a smell that would cling to my scrubs and linger long after I left." rhime.in/ojs/index.php/…

Poem: Wilting into Spring #Trigger : #MentalHealth #selfharm #recovery "Within the weight, a quiet strength is building: the therapist’s voice, a small yellow pill, a hope kindling." rhime.in/ojs/index.php/…

Meet the newest member to join RHiME - Dr Dr. Harshal Sabane ! With the influx of AI-generated papers being sent to RHiME, it was a necessary next step to invite an AI expert to join us. Please join us in welcoming Dr Sabane aboard.

#Narrative Threads of the universe, woven in flesh: a doctor's #perspective "When I look at some health conditions, I don’t just see symptoms, I see reflections, or rather, repercussions of the imbalance we have created in the natural world." rhime.in/ojs/index.php/… #HealthHum