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For There is Work to be Done: Poetry and Commentary

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Poetry illuminates the work of health care professionals well beyond procedure guidelines, clinic schedules or best practice policy. Poems and commentary from the perspective of a nurse, an emergency medical technician and two physicians are accompanied by an exploration of the meaning of work and the role of medical humanities.

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Reisman, J., Nigliazzo, S., Buckley, S. et al. For There is Work to be Done: Poetry and Commentary. J Med Humanit 32, 245–250 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-011-9141-9

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