Dr. Jenny Shields – Medium

Dr. Jenny Shields

Pinned

The Futility Economy: How American Medicine Profits from Despair

America’s most reliable medical product isn’t health — it’s hopelessness.

Sep 1

The Futility Economy: How American Medicine Profits from Despair

Sep 1

Pinned

The First Rule of Being a Doctor.

From the outside, medicine looks like a science. From the inside, it’s a culture with unwritten rules — and one of them is silence.

Jun 19

The First Rule of Being a Doctor.

Jun 19

The Ethics Hotline Is Confidential. Until You Use It.

Why institutional reporting systems punish the very honesty they claim to protect.

Jul 24

The Ethics Hotline Is Confidential. Until You Use It.

Jul 24

On Reverence.

What no one tells you about the quiet holiness of healing.

May 15

On Reverence.

May 15

It’s Not Burnout. It’s Moral Distress.

Clinicians aren’t burning out from overwork. They’re burning out from moral sacrifice — wrapped in metrics and sold as care.

May 3

A bold, flat-style digital illustration of a red and cream megaphone with a dark blue handle, set against a textured yellow-orange background. The megaphone faces right, casting a soft shadow, evoking themes of voice, urgency, and systemic suppression.

May 3

A Message to Mercy Hospital

No one should have to battle cancer while battling the legal system.

Jul 16, 2024

A Message to Mercy Hospital

Jul 16, 2024

The Long Journey Home

“For some, the study of Christian behavior over the centuries, with all its horrors, has led to doubt, cynicism, and atheism. They see…

Oct 28, 2022

The Long Journey Home

Oct 28, 2022

For the eulogy I never wrote.

One year in to a season of grief, I feel as if I’ve gained a lifetime’s worth of perspective. I am convinced that when you unexpectedly…

Apr 17, 2017

For the eulogy I never wrote.

Apr 17, 2017

Four months into a season of grief.

I’m not sure you can put a feeling on it - the way I felt standing in the middle of a hospital room watching my husband of just 33 days…

Aug 26, 2016

Four months into a season of grief.

Aug 26, 2016

Dr. Jenny Shields

Dr. Jenny Shields

Friend of Medium

Psychologist. Healthcare ethicist. I write for truth tellers, hope holders, and those carrying more than they let on. Confidential therapy → drjennyshields.com

Help

Status

About

Careers

Press

Blog

Privacy

Rules

Terms

Text to speech