the book examines the doctor-patient dyad from several perspectives

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If Blackness is necessary as the inferior pole to an eternal, immutable dyad, nothing can ever change. Hari Kunzru, The New York Review of Books, "The Wages of Whiteness," 8 Sep. 2020

The failure of the psychotherapeutic process is located at its epicenter: the power disparity in the therapeutic dyad. Erica Rex, Scientific American, "The Power of Psychedelics," 12 July 2020

The implications of such a simple ability as Force healing leads us to the final big mythology inclusion in The Rise of Skywalker: the Force dyad. Nick Romano, EW.com, "Here's the deal with the new Force ability in The Rise of Skywalker and The Mandalorian," 24 Dec. 2019

Yet individualism, the other side of that dyad, will not leave Thompson at peace either. Kenneth W. Mack, Washington Post, "A black writer on individualism, identity and indifference in Trump’s America," 19 Dec. 2019

Genetic testing means that clinicians will have to practice genetic counseling at visits that may need to expand from the dyad of patient and caregiver to include an extended and worried family. Jason Karlawish, STAT, "Aducanumab isn’t the simple solution to the complicated Alzheimer’s crisis," 20 Dec. 2019

The dyad-ic duo also uses the Force to stop ships from taking off and pass objects through their Force Facetime sessions. Joey Morona, cleveland, "The Rise of Skywalker 10 burning questions left unanswered in Star Wars saga’s finale (spoilers)," 20 Dec. 2019

The dyad of Disney (with its sanitized and sanctimonious simplicities) and Abrams (with his scrawnily derivative sensibility, an echo of an echo) has become a Death Star. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "The Robotic Familiarity of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”," 19 Dec. 2019

Researchers measured hair cortisol levels (an indicator of chronic stress) in dog-human dyads and found a strong degree of interspecies synchronization. Daphne Miller, chicagotribune.com, "A new meaning for ‘sick as a dog’? Your pet’s health may tell you something about your own," 11 July 2019

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