In the News
Interviews & Press
Conversations and coverage about the books, rural cancer care, and a 50-year campaign to keep empathy at the center of medicine.
Interviews & Features
- “Caring for the Whole Person”
— Dr. Rahman's interview with Cancer Today Magazine
- “One Physician's 50-Year Journey to Make Sure Empathy is a Part of Patient Care”
— Texas Medicine, the Journal of Texas Medical Association interview by Jason Jarrett
- “A Doctor's Life-Changing Realization About Empathy After Becoming a Patient”
— KevinMD podcast interview by Dr. Kevin Pho
- “A San Angelo Doctor's New Book Highlights the Challenges of Rural Medicine”
— Texas Monthly interview by Sophie Novack
- “Rural Cancer Care”
— Talk Nerdy podcast interview by Dr. Cara Santa Maria
- “This book is not just a guide for doctors, but a call to all of us to better care for our loved ones battling this relentless disease.”
— 101.5 KEAN FM article by Rudy Fernandez
“This is a book about compassion, dignity and hope against the odds. We highly recommend Our Connected Lives: Caring for Cancer Patients in Rural Texas.”
— BreakingCancerNews.com article by Jamie Reno
More Recent Coverage
- “Eight Memoirs About Medicine, Illness, and Healing”
— Literary Hub, May 2026 — reading list by Fazlur Rahman
- “Fazlur Rahman: Dedicate Yourself to the Writing Process”
— Writer's Digest, May 2026
- Author Questionnaire #206
— Memoir Land, May 2026
50-year-journey profile
— Texas Medicine Today, October 2025
- Essays on medicine and empathy
— KevinMD, November 2024 and April 2026
Reviews and endorsements for each book are collected on the book pages: The Temple Road: A Doctor’s Journey and Our Connected Lives. For interview requests and review copies, see the Press Kit.