Title: The healing art : a doctor's black bag of poetry /
Authors: Campo, Rafael.; Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library).
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Campo, Rafael.; Physicians; Physicians.; Physician-Patient Relations; Physician and patient United States; Physicians United States Biography; Poetry Therapeutic use; Poetry; Poets, American Biography; Poetry.; Poetry as Topic
Abstract: A doctor and celebrated poet connects the two sides of his life in a collection of verse, revealing the healing power of poetry as it reflects on human illness, recuperation, mortality, and beyond.
Contents: Prologue: "Daniel" -- I. Introduction: "Clara" -- II. Language and Healing in History -- III. "Sunny" -- IV. Inklings -- V. Symptoms -- VI. Diagnosis -- VII. A Theory of Illness Narrative: "June S." -- VIII. Treatment -- IX. Side Effects -- X. End of Life -- XI. "Eduardo" -- XII. Caregivers -- XIII. Transcendence -- XIV. "Ms. Twomey" -- Afterword: Eve.