Pandemic Lessons About Human Caring An Open Letter to Leaders of Healthcare Dear Colleagues, This pandemic is far from over; indeed, it looks destined to become the Covid-19 endemic. As I write, American healthcare remains in crisis from the Delta and Omicron variants. Our daily agendas remain dominated by critical urgencies. Nevertheless, it is time to take stock of what we’ve learned…

Covid-19 has rudely pulled us into a lucid dream in which we’re enrolled in a course on Contemplating Death we never signed up for. Class has already begun, we’re not prepared, and assignments are coming due. …