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White Coats, Human Hearts: The Human Side of Medicine with Kim Downey Mar 03, 2026

Behind every white coat is a very human heart.

In Episode 19 of the MedLife Support Podcast, I sit down with Kim Downey — founder of Stand Up for Doctors and author of White Coats, Human Hearts — for a deeply moving conversation about physician mental health, burnout, and the culture of silence in ...

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