Editorial Issue #10: Women's Health April 22nd, 2022 April 22nd, 2022 Editorial Letter from the Editor | Time's Up: If Not Now, When? Letter from the Poetry Editor | Healthcare for Women: We Must Do Better
Read MoreEditorial Issue #10: Women's Health April 22nd, 2022 Letter from the Editor: Time's Up: If Not Now, When? by Tracy Granzyk n the interest of editorial objectivity, Please See Me has never intentionally provided a political platform for writers and artists, though some might say that all writing is political. We have chosen this position because we believe strongly that healthcare should never be politicized, and that every person, regardless of ideology—political or otherwise—deserves safe, equitable, high ...
Read MorePoetry Issue #10: Women's Health April 22, 2022 Letter from the Poetry Editor: Healthcare for Women: We Must Do Better by Steve Granzyk n contrast to the steady progress medical science has made over the centuries, including the rapid development of effective vaccines against COVID-19, the quality of women’s healthcare, especially that of women of color, lags behind, is not equitable when compared to men’s. Too often that’s because of stereotypes and prejudices about women, bred of ...
Read MorePoetry Issue #9: Open Call November 19th, 2021 Letter from the Poetry Editor: A Requiem’s Saving Grace by Steve Granzyk he chorus of poetic voices in our Winter 2021 issue intone a requiem for the losses of mortal humanity. Lost innocence, lost pregnancy, loss of mobility or memory, lost loved ones, lost opportunity to speak love, and, importantly, the loss of respect we deserve from others, due to physical abuse or racism and other forms of ...
Read MoreEditorial Issue #9: Open Call November 19th, 2021 Letter from the Editor: Choosing the Light by Tracy Granzyk very issue of Please See Me usually begins with a call for submissions based on a health-related theme in need of exploration and elevation. We never know who will submit, what type of stories, essays, poetry and art will arrive, and what inspiring conversations or personal growth will come from working with our authors. Our ninth issue was ...
Read MoreNonfiction Issue #9: Open Call November 19th, 2021 Letter from the Guest Nonfiction Editor: Thoughts From the ICU by Brenda Arthur t is an unusual experience to take care of a patient who is mechanically ventilated. In the Emergency Department, we encounter patients in respiratory distress often. Sometimes, patients are in so much distress that a breathing tube is placed down their throat. The tube is connected to a ventilator that helps them breathe. These ventilated patients ...
Read MoreNonfiction Issue #8: Rest & Recovery August 19th, 2021 Letter from the Guest Nonfiction Editor: Practicing Wellness by Brenda Arthur n my first few days as a newly minted emergency medicine resident physician, I have seen more dead bodies in my hospital’s trauma bays and resuscitation rooms than I have throughout my entire twenty-six years of prior life. No amount of schooling could have prepared me for this pain or dysregulation of all my sensations. No additional hours of ...
Read MoreEditorial Issue #8: Rest & Recovery August 19th, 2021 Letter from the Editor: Up Again, Old Heart! by Tracy Granzyk ecovery from the last eighteen months, especially for our healthcare workforce, will require rest. Without it, burnout is a real risk. Even if we aren’t caring for patients or loved ones and feel as though we have handled the challenges presented by COVID-19 with grace, every one of us still needs to carve out time to ...
Read MoreFiction Issue #8: Rest & Recovery August 19th, 2021 Letter from the Guest Fiction Editor: Resting, Recovering, and Developing Resilience by Barbara Riddle es, we will gradually be rested and refreshed as we recover from the crisis of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Some routines will return to normal. Others will be utterly abandoned or reconfigured for the better. The fallout on our mental and physical selves is yet to be determined. I believe we were long ...
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