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Medical Improv Train-the-Trainer Workshop

Take two laughs and call me in the morning

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Arts

Doctors and nurses use gallows humor to get through the day. But when is laughter in medicine OK, and when does it cross the line?

Take two laughs and call me in the morning
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A Chicago surgeon recounts a nightmarish journey through Aleppo

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Conflict
A Chicago surgeon recounts a nightmarish journey through Aleppo
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This doctor has written thousands of postcards to get health advice to India's poor

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Health
This doctor has written thousands of postcards to get health advice to India's poor

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