Every Friday, Pulse - voices from the heart of medicine (www.pulsemagazine.org) delivers its online readers one compelling first-person story or poem about health care. Intimate and powerful, these writings by patients and doctors, caregivers and nurses, mental health professionals and students capture real-life health care in a way that is honest, pointed and unique - opening a window into medicine at a time when millions are calling for change in the way that health care is conducted. Now collected together in a book - Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine - The First Year, edited by...

Every Friday, thousands of readers of Pulse--voices from the heart of medicine (www.pulsemagazine.org) receive a riveting first-person story or poem about health care. Written by patients and doctors, nurses and caregivers, students and mental health professionals, these intimate and beautifully crafted pieces capture the authentic voices of people whose lives have been changed by their healthcare experiences. Pulse: More Voices is the second published collection of Pulse writing. It contains every story and poem published in Pulse between April 24, 2009 and December 31, 2010, including: Each...

Every Friday afternoon, Pulse--voices from heart of medicine (pulsevoices.org) emails its thousands of subscribers worldwide a compelling first-person story or poem about giving or receiving health care. In this third anthology, Pulse's editors have compiled the very best Pulse stories and poems from the years 2011-2013. In language that is intimate, authentic and engaging, these pieces capture the personal experiences of patients, health professionals, trainees and caregivers as they navigate the world of illness and health. "I not only read Pulse," Donald Berwick MD has said, "I adore it."