Paul Holdengräber is joined by physician and author Sunita Puri on episode 108 of The Quarantine Tapes. Sunita tells Paul about her background and the influence her mother’s career as a doctor had on her decision to pursue medicine. Then, they talk about her focus in palliative care, the value of reading for medical professionals, and the texts that Sunita has kept close to her recently.

Sunita and Paul have a moving conversation on how Sunita approaches healing, suffering, and how to think about death in her life and in her work. Sunita talks frankly about the images that stick with her from the past months and how grief has changed under the restriction and isolation of the pandemic. For more information about Sunita Puri’s book That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour, visit this link: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/551602/that-good-night-by-sunita-puri/

Adrienne Rich, "Diving into the Wreck."

https://poets.org/poem/diving-wreck

Credits:

Paul Holdengraber - Co-Creator, Host, OLA Director
Anthony Audi - Co-Creator, Researcher, OLA Director
Alejandro Cohen - Co-Creator, Producer, Composer
Christian Pitt - Production Coordinator 
Erin Cooney - Copy, Production
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