INTIMA FALL 2024 | POETRY
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Changing the Bag | Paul Shovlin
Feeling clean can restore balance, if only for a brief and wonderful moment.
Counting Yours | Meha Semwal Smith
In a stream of consciousness, a psychiatrist sees the full humanity of her patient’s symptoms.
Dear Rescue Worker | Joan Roger
A child’s gratitude is a lasting reminder to persevere after 9/11.
Death Certificate | Ramya Sampath
The time of death is not always easy to discern.
Inscribed on a Pill Box | Maya Klauber
When love is the real medicine.
Inside the Bubble | Ann Matzke
How we play to forget about the cancer.
Meeting My Stem Cell Donor | Dianne Silvestri
How would you greet the stranger who saved your life?
Omens | Ryan Boyland
When life and death are part of your every day work life, it’s easy to see ‘signs.’
The OR | Sumit Parikh
Paying homage to an overlooked OR team member.
Points of Historical Interest | Terry E. Hill
A doctor writing COVID-19 reports grapples with the lives behind the death counts.
Reversed | Elizabeth Osmond
What kind of life is possible for a newborn with persistent pulmonary hypertension?
What Adults Say or Do When Your 12-year-old Has Cancer | Claire Weiner
Navigating life with two children: one sick and one healthy.
Where Did She Go? (I Don't Know, I Don't Know, I Don't Know) | Maesha Elm Elahi
Watching how fleeting death arrives is a special kind of loss for a medical student.