Laura Kolbe

Month to Month

What we as a society prefer not to know about periods extends beyond menstruation itself to its management and the management of women’s health more broadly.

‘Autopsies of Many Kinds’

Siddhartha Mukherjee’s beautifully written book about cell biology grows hazy when it comes to who or what ought to set the priorities of biomedical research.

One Mind Humming

“In my practice I seek to have it both ways: to respect patients and my own mind enough to believe that we can meet in the open field of conversation with our mutual intuitions, experiences, and bodies of knowledge.”

Where Does It Hurt?

Three new books attempt to locate the origin of pain and its vocabulary.

Intensive Care

‘Mysterious and Infinitely Solitary’

Covid-19, Doctors & ‘Distributive Justice’

There’s good reason for giving doctors and health-care workers discretion in their practice, because it’s entirely likely that Covid-19 will pose new and different challenges over time.

Bassani the Memorious