Summary: "I will remember that singing imperfect songs might be better medicine than reciting a perfect care plan." Christine Bridges recounts how singing “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by the Beatles with a patient and her care team brought life into the patient's hospital room in a way that no medical intervention could. This essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the August 2019 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.
