Blood & bone
Subtitle: poems by physicians
By: edited by Angela Belli and Jack Coulehan.
Contributors: Belli, Angela.; Coulehan, John L., 1943-
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Physicians' writings, American; American poetry -- 20th century; Body, Human -- Poetry; Physicians -- Poetry; Medicine -- Poetry
Other titles: Blood and bone
Description: Blood and Bone: Poems by Physicians explores the profound connections between medicine and poetry through the eyes of contemporary physician-poets. These one hundred poems record instances of pain and recovery, joy and grief, humor and irony within the restricted society of caregivers and their patients.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-155).