53 pages 1 hour read

Nadine Burke Harris

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

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Essay Topics

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How does Burke Harris’s identity—her immigrant background, race, gender, and geographic location—shape her practice of medicine?

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What role does the “happy accident” play in Burke Harris’s approach to research and science? How does her perspective on happy accidents intervene in common ways of thinking about science and medicine?

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Burke Harris often expresses indignation over the context that leads to health disparities in her patients. How does she address this frustration, and how does it fuel her approach to her profession?

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