These Vital Signs: A Doctor's Notes on Life and Loss in Tweets [hardcover] Tabat

A doctor reflects on his profession and his experience with patients in this brilliant essay collection that expands on his wildly popular Twitter poems.\nIn medicine, every patient presents with a story. \u201COnce upon a time I was well, and then . . . \u201D These patient narratives are the beating heart of medicine; through stories we strive to communicate, to understand, to empathize, and perhaps find healing.\nThese Vital Signs is a poignant series of essays\u2014deeply personal stories\u2014inspired by nephrologist Sayed Tabatabai\u2019s medical experience and based on a series of poems he posted on Twitter that began going viral at the height of the Covid pandemic. Each short work is a poignant glimpse into the ever-changing field of medicine and the special relationship between patients and their doctor. In each, Tabatabai beautifully evokes the emotional tension between life and death, wellness and disease, uncertainty and hope, in a unique and unforgettable .