The power to heal is far more complex than just the use of medications and clinical treatments. That is what Vanderbilt Medical students are learning, along with collaborative partners from the school of nursing, the law school, and local schools of pharmacy and social work.  Together they volunteer as teams at the student-run Shade Tree clinic.

Carole Bartoo brings us the story of how Shade Tree students and volunteers may have saved a man’s life and brought a family back together again.