Helene M Epstein Author

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Writer. Advocate. Speaker. Patient Empowerment. Patient Safety. In 2025, Iโ€™m sharing two chapters a month of my current book: ๐—” ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. Subscribe FREE at HeleneMEpstein.substack.com

A Black female patient is asking her doctor for help with her symptoms, her pain, with a colorful array of word sound waves. But his back is turned to her and he is not helping her.
The author is leaning on a fiberglass pig sculpture on a street in Stamford. The pig is seated and the outside of its body is covered in Chinese symbols to replicate antique porcelain.
A woman in a black t-shirt and pink scarf is standing in the courtyard of the renovated Frick miseum