Medicine & Meaning — by Dr. Adam Goldstein
From the Clinic to the Community
Cohost of YOUR HEALTH® Radio
I’m Dr. Adam Goldstein — a family physician, teacher, and lifelong listener. For decades I’ve sat with patients, students, and communities wrestling with questions of illness, conscience, and compassion. Here I write about what happens when medicine meets morality, and what those lessons might teach us about living with integrity and empathy in public life.
Medicine & Meaning explores the human side of medicine — the moral questions that don’t fit in the medical chart. From the Clinic to the Community, I look at how care, faith, and civic life intersect: what healing can teach us about justice, listening, and resilience in a divided world.
Dr. Adam Goldstein
Professor of Family Medicine, UNC School of Medicine Cohost, YOUR HEALTH® Radio
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