For weeks, the press had been reporting on the use of silent filibusters to hold up nominations and on the attempts at filibuster reform.

CNN: New leader of the GOP: Rand Paul

The only way to hold it down and keep my dignity was to remain silent.

NEWYORKER: Hand on the Shoulder

Now, as a Narrative Health Care Ethicist, I hold myself morally accountable for being the collective voice for those who are often silent or quiet because of social determinants or other roadblocks that prevent equal footing for patients.

FORBES: CarePlanners �C Alan Blaustein and Nancy Snyderman, MD