Medical student elegies: The poetics of caring

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-132

  Henderson, Schuyler W ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Medical culture; Medical students; Poetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344642111     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014894015083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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