Elisabeth Poorman
The lives of drug users are more important than ...

The reason our policies have failed is because we have not confronted a simple truth: We must care more about saving and improving the lives of people who use drugs than stopping drug use.

The lives of drug users are more important than stopping drug use
Elisabeth Poorman
Well-being in a Post-Pandemic World: Insight ...

Residents who have experienced different waves of this crisis expressed frustration, fear, and hope about what they experienced, and what the future will bring.

Well-being in a Post-Pandemic World: Insight from Residents on the Frontlines
Elisabeth Poorman
Seattle doctors have learned the hard way about ...

I asked Dr. Lake what she wanted other doctors to know outside of Washington.

“This is going to get worse,” she told me after a long pause. “And we all have to hold each other up."

Seattle doctors have learned the hard way about coronavirus. Here are some lessons
Elisabeth Poorman
Telling a thousand strangers about my mistake ...

Telling a thousand strangers about my lowest point in medicine was harder, and more rewarding, than I anticipated. It also taught me about medicine’s destructive culture of shame.

Telling a thousand strangers about my mistake was harder and more rewarding than I anticipated.
Elisabeth Poorman
We Need To Talk about Weed

The assumption is that marijuana is safe, and even good for our health. But as anyone who uses weed will tell you, these are not your grandma’s pot brownies.

We Need To Talk about Weed

The Many Glass Ceilings of Medicine

The Many Glass Ceilings of Medicine

The Many Glass Ceilings of Medicine

Medicine has long been a career path in the US for women in science, with women entering the field in nearly equal numbers to men for 20 years. But along the way, many women fail to advance and to earn the same recognition and salaries as their male counterparts. These differences are often framed as “individual failures”, in spite of the robust evidence of gender discrimination. Women are told to advocate for themselves, to be better negotiators, and, in private, not have children if they are going to succeed.