The stories that humanize us
A perspective piece from a Lego® Serious Play® facilitator: Dr. Goh Mei Ching
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Stories from the human side of healthcare — told by patients,
caregivers, and the people who work alongside them. Behind every medical
encounter lies a story worth telling.
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The six corners of HEART
What's Inside
Stories
Reflections from the ward.
Personal essays from clinicians, nurses, allied health. The on-call you remember. The patient who stayed with you.
From the Other Side
Patients & caregivers.
The view from the bed, the bedside, the waiting room. We especially want these — they matter the most.
Verse
Poems.
Lyric, narrative, speculative, silly, mournful. Written on the back of a rounds sheet.
The Things We Carry
Objects, rituals, small charms.
A teddy bear. A box of unopened tea. Write about one object and the story it holds.
Close Looks
Film, art & book reviews.
Anything you want to look at carefully and tell us about.
Scribbles
Short things, fragments.
A paragraph. A sketch. A single sentence on a post-it. The easiest place to start.
An open door
You don't have to be a writer. ↗ anyone, really.
HEART started because medical humanities can sound like a closed club. We don't want to run that room. We want to run the pantry next door, where people come in, make a kopi, and tell you something they haven't been able to say all week.