PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kannai, Ruth
AU  - Salem, Dana
AU  - Rice (Alon), Aya
TI  - The Phoenix: A 20-Year Patient-Doctor Journey
AID  - 10.1370/afm.2486
DP  - 2020 Jan 01
TA  - The Annals of Family Medicine
PG  - 80--82
VI  - 18
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/18/1/80.short
4100  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/18/1/80.full
SO  - Ann Fam Med2020 Jan 01; 18
AB  - In a previous story (“On Blindness and Blind Spots”)1 I sought to understand the psychological causes of a long-time patient’s myriad of seemingly inexplicable symptoms. Since then, I learned more of her story, which helped me understand my patient with a new perspective.Dana shared with me, and now with the readers, short poetic pieces she has written to describe her traumatic experiences as a child—and the efforts she makes as a grown woman to heal, like the phoenix rises from its ashes. The value of belief in one’s patient, alongside patience and the opportunity to build a trusting relationship over many years—as the truth has a pace of its own—are underscored.