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Person Place Thing featuring nurse Diana Mason

Diana Mason
George Washington University School of Nursing
Diana Mason

We note with chagrin that while we’ve had many doctors on the show, Diana Mason is our first nurse. In addition to being a practitioner, she’s worked on health policy at Georgetown and is a professor emerita at Hunter. “We like to tell our journalism colleagues that if you’re not interviewing a nurse, you’re likely missing the best part of the story.” She’s right. Except about my being a journalist.

You can hear the full episode at personplacething.org.