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Oppression or Protection: Reflecting on Medicine and Justice Through Narrative Medicine
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  • Haley Newman,
  • Caroline Diorio,
  • Daniel Eison,
  • Haley Faust,
  • Suzanne MacFarland,
  • Laura Palmer,
  • Madhura Pradhan,
  • Leslie Kersun
Haley Newman
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Corresponding Author:newmanh@email.chop.edu

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Caroline Diorio
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Daniel Eison
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Haley Faust
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Suzanne MacFarland
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Laura Palmer
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Madhura Pradhan
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Leslie Kersun
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Abstract

Early in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic, our medical center, like many, halted in-person learning activities. The narrative medicine sessions we planned for the pediatric hematology/oncology fellows were no exception. At this time we also witnessed waves of civil unrest fueled by systemic racism toward Americans of color. Amidst the isolation, apprehension, and turmoil, we turned to narrative medicine. To keep our participants safe and work around novel constraints, we adapted the narrative medicine curriculum for virtual delivery.