
OpinionSeptember 8, 2020
We Must Reduce the Trauma of Medical Diagnoses
If a diagnosis is not delivered with care, it can form an intense “flashbulb memory”
Jaclyn Hennessey Ford is a research assistant professor in the department of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College. Her research focuses on mechanisms supporting memory retrieval across the adult life span.

We Must Reduce the Trauma of Medical Diagnoses
If a diagnosis is not delivered with care, it can form an intense “flashbulb memory”

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