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- Source :
- Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine. 1:8
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2006.
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Abstract
- Peter Pereira is a family physician and a poet. I weave excerpts from Dr. Pereira's poems into a brief history of medicine's mythological and historical roots, beginning with the Egyptian god Thoth, and the Greek physician Hippocrates. Along the way, I touch on the European Middle Ages and the Islamic World. Finally, I quote poet-critic T.S. Eliot, who was an early influence on Dr. Pereira's decision to become a poet, and contemporary physician-poets Rafael Campo and William Carlos Williams. I end by placing Dr. Pereira, whose practice is oriented toward immigrant families, in his indigenous Pacific Northwest, arguing that being both physician and poet helps Pereira to live in a world that is both intimately human and naturally impersonal.
Details
- ISSN :
- 17475341
- Volume :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........575ed74c30d215aace7f6c53a5b68215