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Embarrassed

Embarrassed

Hollie McNish. So no more will I sit on these cold toilet lids No matter ...
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Obstetrics, Poetry, Video
It will make a fine hospital

It will make a fine hospital

I had overestimated the size of the square in the middle of town by quite ...
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International medicine, Medicine, Poetry, Surgery, Video
The Neurosurgical Teaching Round

The Neurosurgical Teaching Round

“Know him,” the Neurosurgeon said, as we Huddled expectantly, our white coats gleaming. Armed with ...
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Medicine, Neurology, Poetry, Student experience
Too, too plain was Signor Gonorrhoea

Too, too plain was Signor Gonorrhoea

I this day began to feel unaccountable alarm of unexpected evil: a little heat in ...
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Difficult patient, Infectious diseases, Patient experience, Prose, Sexual health
Crem forms

Crem forms

One thing you're paid in cash for As a junior doctor Is filling in forms ...
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Death, Doctor experience, Medicine, Poetry
The secret in the throat

The secret in the throat

The use of force. William Carlos Williams.  The child was fairly eating me up with ...
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Doctor experience, General Practice, Infectious diseases, Medicine, Paediatrics, Prose
Dance pseudomacabre

Dance pseudomacabre

William Carlos Williams.  The baby is in a smother of sheets and crumpled blankets. Its ...
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Death, Doctor experience, General Practice, Infectious diseases, Neurology, Paediatrics, Prose
Who shall live?

Who shall live?

The demonstration in Seattle 1960-3 that the new technique of dialysis could prolong the lives ...
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Ethical dilemma, Renal medicine