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Kimberly D. Manning, MD

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1/Grady Hospital, 2019Her: "Um. . . the family invited us to the funeral. Dr. Manning, how do you handle something like that?"Me: "Like what?"Her: "Like being invited to a patient's

1/I remember saying in a talk once: “Bad intentions aren’t a prerequisite for something to be considered a #microaggression.” Funny how our own words and lessons can come back to

1/Stepped onto the Grady elevator last week. A Grady elder tipped his cap to me and nodded.Me: “Good morning.”Him: “Good morning, doc.” *silence*Him: “I like your hairdo.” Me: *patting head*

1/Afternoon with a Grady elder:Me: "I heard you had a lot of visitors today. I hate I missed them."Her: "Yeah. It was mostly good."Me: "Mostly?"Her: "Mmmm hmm."*silence while watching TV*Her:

1/I gave a talk and it was good.But I wanted it to be great.I looked at the evals. I had a trusted colleague give feedback.I practiced. I gave the talk

1/Who lives? Who dies?Who tells your story?You would have been 100 years old yesterday. And, from what I hear, if it were up to you that day would have involved

1/You: "You from Cali?"Me: "How'd you guess?"You: "I hear it, baby."*laughter*Me: "I know where you're from."You: "Yeah?"Me: "Louisiana. 100%." You smirked after I said tha

1/You used to wear bow ties. That's what you told me. Elaborate and patterned--real ones, of course. "None of that bullshit clip-on mess," you'd told me with a raspy laugh.

1/#HumanismAlways, Day 6Intern YearHer: "You okay?"Me: "Ma'am?"Her: "Look like you was having a rough time when y'all were in here earlier." Me: "Oh. That."She was referring to post call round

1/#HumanismAlways, Day 5Him: "Them shoes you wearing. They some a your favorite shoes?"Me: *looking down* "My shoes?"Him: "Yeah. Your shoes. They your favorites?"Me: *squinting eyes and thinking* "Ummm. .

1/#HumanismAlways, Day 4Patient “Wait—let me take off my shoes and jacket before you weigh me.”The nurse shrugged. But the thing is—I know my weight is up. And I don’t need

1/#HumanismAlways, Day 2Me: "Thanks for being honest about the cocaine."Her: "It's cool."Me: "You smoked it or tooted it?"Her: "Smoked it. Crack."Me: "Gotcha. What you smoke it from?"Her