We don’t live in isolation. Our ancestors’ trauma can affect our health generations later [theguardian.org]

Jenna Quinn (PACEs Connection Staff) 9/16/214:00 AM

By Himmali McInnes, the Guardian, September 13, 2021

If there is one patient who has opened my eyes to my own cognitive bias and who has helped me to recognise the profound effect of the past on a person’s health, it is my patient Arama*.

“Hey, what’s up, doc?” says Arama as he walks into my consulting room one day. He’s weaving a little, his breath reeks of alcohol, his speech is slurred. He wants to get some antibiotics for a chesty cough that he’s had for a week.

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