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Doctors are reaching for new tools—like poetry

'How Doctors Use Poetry' Physicians are beginning to understand that the role of language and human expression in medicine extends beyond that horizon of uncertainty where doctor and patient must speak to each other about a course of treatment. The restricted language of blood oxygen levels, drug protocols, and surgical interventions may conspire against understanding between doctor and patient—and against healing. As doctors learn to communicate beyond these restrictions, they are reaching for new tools—like poetry. Article: ' How Doctors Use Poetry '  Photo: Mark Doty, UNM Alumni / flickr A Harvard medical student describes how he is learning to both treat and heal. Citation: 'How Doctors Use Poetry' Article by Danny W. Linggonegoro via @NautilusMag Poetry is, in some ways, uniquely capable of addressing problems. “Poetry is a beautifully condensed form of what all of language does, which is what captures the real world and turns it something mana...

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