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Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

How to be a pain patient — with the training of a doctor.

I have lived with chronic pain for decades. First, my episodic migraine evolved to chronic intractable migraine then I developed shingles…

Jun 13, 2020

How to be a pain patient — with the training of a doctor.

Jun 13, 2020

Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

Religion in the exam room

Religion and spirituality play a role in both patient’s and provider’s lives. Despite this, medical school is usually an atheistic…

Jun 13, 2020

Religion in the exam room

Jun 13, 2020

Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

Are people who use opioids treated like AIDS patients were in the 80s?

Stigma towards health conditions interferes with access to compassionate care. Both social stigma from friends and family and medical…

May 21, 2019

Are people who use opioids treated like AIDS patients were in the 80s?

May 21, 2019

Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

Volunteering can help teens with emotional troubles

Many teens have the classic teen angst and some have a dissatisfied attitude. Others face true depressive feelings. One way to work…

Apr 30, 2019

Volunteering can help teens with emotional troubles

Apr 30, 2019

Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

Mindful Lessons from a bird

Meet Kiwi — she is a lutino cockatiel. She is 9 months old and was hand-raised before being adopted by my husband and me.

Apr 30, 2019

Mindful Lessons from a bird

Apr 30, 2019

Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

When you live with the bear

Some children present to me with complex problems or multiple problems that fail to resolve after the typical interventions. I recall a…

Mar 21, 2019

When you live with the bear

Mar 21, 2019

Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

The Healing Power of Music

I have had a complex relationship with music. As a child, I had several instances of feedback that I was “bad at music”. When my class…

Nov 16, 2018

The Healing Power of Music

Nov 16, 2018

Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

First time I saw a warm human heart

gun violence in America

Aug 24, 2018

First time I saw a warm human heart

Aug 24, 2018

Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

The Rewards of the Diversity of Primary Care

By Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

Aug 14, 2018

The Rewards of the Diversity of Primary Care

Aug 14, 2018

Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

Our Health System is a Sick System

By Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

Aug 14, 2018

Our Health System is a Sick System

Aug 14, 2018

Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

Heather Finlay-Morreale, MD

Pediatrician & essayist interested in mental health, well-being, chronic pain, & chronic illness. www.finlaymorreale.com/essays and @finlaymorreale

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