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A chilling excerpt from "Alive" by Jan Haag, a poem in which she recounts her husband's aortic valve replacement surgery.
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We are happy to announce that Pulse is now accepting haiku submissions! The deadline to submit is October 31st.

View our submission guidelines on our website at: pulsevoices.org/submit/

Interested in submitting a haiku? Use our submission form at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
'late autumn' by Barbara Kauffmann
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#haiku #fall #medsky #medicalhumanities #pulsevoices #narrativemedicine #health #poem #writing #art #bluesky
"Psammoma Bodies with Whorls" by Eva Catenaccio

"What is ‘interesting’ academically can cause us to overlook the patient’s experience of illness. While I can see a certain beauty in the tumor cells swirling on the slide, the patient may view the same slide very differently."
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This month’s More Voices theme is Disability. What’s your experience of having a disability, of providing care for someone with a disability, or of having a family member with a disability?

Share your story here: pulsevoices.org/more-voices-...

Stories should be 40-400 words.

#writingprompt
LAST CALL FOR POETRY SUBMISSIONS!!!

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Pulse will be accepting poetry submissions this month from September 1st to September 30th!

Use the submission form to submit your poetry: pulsevoices.org/poem-submiss...

Additionally, please visit our website for submission guidelines: pulsevoices.org/submit/

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With September concluding, we are sharing one of this month's More Voices stories on the #examroom. "Humor 101" by Patti Cassidy brings in the perspective of standardized patients and insight into the importance of humor in the patient-provider bond.
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Saleh Jad shares his story, “Dialyzing in a War Zone,” in the most recent issue of Pulse. His piece touches on work in healthcare in Palestine and the struggle to communicate with patients about their experiences effectively…
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"Three Needles" by Jane Desmond.

"This poem details the procedure of providing a ‘good death’ from the perspective of the human caring for her non-human companion."
Read the full poem: pulsevoices.org/poems/three-...

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'Children's Memorial' by Susan Cunningham

“This is a watercolor painting of the Edgartown Lighthouse on Martha’s Vineyard. Every September there is a memorial service for lost children, and our son has a memorial stone at the base of the lighthouse."

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In "Thank You, Betty", Patty I. Sánchez Montejo must deliver the dreaded news of recurrence. Read here: pulsevoices.org/stories/than...
"hospice window" by Kala Ramesh.
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To read more of our published haiku, visit our website at: pulsevoices.org/haiku/

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Pulse will be accepting poetry submissions this month from September 1st to September 30th!

Use the submission form to submit your poetry: pulsevoices.org/poem-submiss...

Additionally, please visit our website for submission guidelines: pulsevoices.org/submit/

#poem #poetry #writing #pulsevoices
Through caring for one patient, Dua Hassan’s "Choosing to Believe" is a story of reexamining faith as a choice in adulthood when faced with the unexplainable.
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#medicalhumanities #narrativemedicine #medicine #hope #healthcare #care #religion #faith #Pulsevoices
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"The Lingering Gaze" by Simran Anand

About the Art: "This piece captures what stays with you long after the operating room—the stares, the silence, the shame imposed by others...This piece is about visibility, vulnerability, and finding strength not in spite of being different but because of it."
“What Remains” by Grace Lin and Amanda Tam reflects on the endurance of friendship in the face of time and a terminal illness diagnosis.

Read here: pulsevoices.org/stories/what...

#ALS #friendship #narrativemedicine #medicalhumanities #medicine #diagnosis #terminalillness #sisterhood #writing
#poetry #motherhood #poem #medicine #MedSky #medicalhumanities #narrativemedicine #writing
"The Healer" by Lori-Anne Noyahr
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About the Poem: "This is a poem about motherhood in medicine, the balance between caring for others and one's personal relationships, and the tension between the sterile setting of the hospital and the natural world."