I'm Bess Stillman: ER doctor, writer, and wife to Jake Seliger, who is currently dying of SCC of the tongue. I write about the challenges of being corporeal. Here you'll find essays on life, death, cancer, love, health & healthcare.
By Bess Stillman
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“If only for her series on the broken clinical trial system, you should be reading this newsletter. Bess has a wonderful writing style and shares deeply personal stories about her role as a physician, but also as a caregiver of someone suffering from advanced cancer.”
“As an ER Doc Bess Stillman writes about the front lines of healthcare making me laugh and cry in equal measure. As the wife and primary caregiver of a husband dying of tongue cancer she writes of love, impending loss and the madness of the US healthcare system with searing clarity. She breaks my heart open on the regular.”