Heart

Suzanne Koven is a primary care physician and writer in residence at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Her work has appeared in&nbsp;The Boston Globe, The New England Journal of Medicine, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Rumpus,&nbsp;and other publications. Her website is&nbsp;<a id="LPNoLP185477" href="http://www.suzannekoven.com/">www.suzannekoven.com</a>.

Suzanne Koven

To the Heart of the Heart

"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein

Science &amp; Technology

"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw

History

Sick

Beyond the Lyme Wars

"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf

Memoir &amp; Essay

Eros and Illness

On Desire and Disease

The Finest Traditions of My Calling

Who Will Heal the Doctors?

White Matter

Family History

Once I Was Cool

How to Be a Mother

The Empathy Exams

Empathy, Examined

Suzanne Koven is a primary care physician and writer in residence at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Her work has appeared in&nbsp;The Boston Globe, The New England Journal of Medicine, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Rumpus,&nbsp;and other publications. Her website is&nbsp;<a id="LPNoLP185477" href="http://www.suzannekoven.com/">www.suzannekoven.com</a>.