The Blues Taught Me to Really Listen to My Patients

By Geoffrey Kaump

Medically reviewed by Margaret Cary, MD, MBA, MPH

Updated on June 6, 2020

A dying blues man helped a med student learn to really listen. He learned that his patients are so much more than they first appear.

Photo by Marlon Bunday (Flickr: 056 — The blue[s man]) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ]

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