On Being

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» Unedited Interview with Rachel Naomi Remen (mp3, 1:28:21)

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A caregiver listens to a young man who is HIV positive and confined to his home in South Africa.
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Selected Writing

» Recapturing the Soul of Medicine
In this essay, Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen calls on physicians to examine how they give meaning to their daily practice and reclaim that meaning in their working lives.

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Rachel Naomi Remen

Rachel Naomi Remen is medical director of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program, and a clinical professor of family and community medicine at the University of California Ð San Francisco School of Medicine. Her books include My Grandfather's Blessings, and Kitchen Table Wisdom.