Behind the Wheel
A patient guides holistic practice
Human to Human
The in-the-moment challenges of juggling clinical and individual readings of a patient whilst developing clinical insights and consultation skills
Breaking News
Concern around physical and mental exhaustion impairing future sensitive communications with patients and relatives
My Mistake
Hypothetical exploration of a young patient dying due to the poet’s oversight
Doubt
A young doctor on a ward feeling inadequate and overwhelmed despite his committment to the medical profession
Touching Patients
Junior doctor comforting an elderly, recently bereaved man in a hospital corridor
Face Value
Prose about a young medic feeling he had connected with a patient yet finding her case-notes revealed a very different story
Lady With Pink Hair
Young mother tragically contracting severe neurological condition during clinical treatment and deteriorating rapidly
David
Challenging patient in residential care and student’s sense of failure in everyday interactions
Why do I feel so guilty about this?
Medical student on a ward with a dying man – feeling unable to comfort him