For Sacks, his patients were not just cases to be examined, but human beings to be understood on many different levels. His unique approach to medicine included a literary component.

That’s such a good question. Oliver Sacks’s approach took me to his patients. He came to them very simply, asking them, “How are you?” He got to know them as people to find the best treatment.

But in real life, both of Oliver Sacks’ parents were doctors ... medical mystery yet and potentially his most challenging patient yet. So I feel like him and his father have a lot to work ...

Awakenings chronicles the efforts of Oliver Sacks in the 1960s to help patients who had been affected by an encephalitis epidemic in the 1920s. PEA (40D: Chicken pastel veggie) Chicken pastel is a ...

It tees us up for Dr. Wolf taking on his most challenging patient yet — his own father ... which is what Oliver Sacks, who the show is inspired by, dedicated his life to.

The patient briefly wakes up to say she is a ... It’s such an opportunity to honor the original man himself, Oliver Sacks.” He concluded: “And to say how grateful I am that I don’t have ...

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Pioneering musicians are trialling a radical approach that takes treatment beyond medicine – and could save the NHS millions ...

You no doubt are familiar with social determinants of health, items such as food security, housing and transportation, and how inadequacy in those areas can affect well-being. But are you aware of ...