Oliver Sacks and the Intuition of Care

How a physician and neurologist taught us to look closely, listen deeply, and treat the patient before the diagnosis.

Understanding the Issue

Oliver Sacks (1933–2015) was a British neurologist, writer, and clinical storyteller who spent most of his professional life in New York City at Beth Abraham Hospital and later at NYU. He is best known for describing neurological illness through the lens of human experience rather than through abstract classification. His case his…