The grieving brain

The moving story of a prominent neurologist who faced the terminal illness of her husband, a doctor. In 2011, Dr Lisa Shulman's husband, Dr William Weiner, was diagnosed with cancer. He died seventeen months later. They were both neurologists. Suddenly they went from being doctors to...

Mercury rubs and pincers

What was an abortion and how was it to be treated? What were the most commonly used methods of abortion? How did peasants use suppositories? Zofia Karaś describes her struggles from her medical practice at the beginning of the 20th century in a captivating and humorous way....

Your life in my hands

Katarzyna Kalukin in interviews with doctors of Poland's most popular specialisations and Polish healthcare professionals. What does a patient see in a hospital emergency room? A crowded waiting room where one sits for several hours at a time, crowding, doctors and nurses who...