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THE PATIENT WHO CHANGED MY LIFE
Heather Tosteson, Phyllis Langton, and Joyce R. Lewis
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INTRODUCTION



I.  RESONANCE

Mary Ann DiMola                    Eye to Eye
Ann J. Brady                           He Was 16
Kathleen M. Kelley                 TWO POEMS
                                                 If I Could Paint Them
                                                           
We Go a Little Over the Hour
Molly O'Dell                            FIVE POEMS
                                                 Betty Was A Concert Pianist
                                                            Eating Placenta: A Found Poem
                                                            First House Call
                                                            Somatic Complaint
                                                            Sky Walker



II.  BOUNDARIES

Patricia Barone                      The Halo Cast
Joan Phillips                          THREE POEMS
                                                            The Home for Unwed Mothers
                                                            Boundaries
                                                            Lessons

Kathleen M. Kelley                 Clay
Evelyn Sharenov                    Collateral Damage



III. BURNOUT

Nina Gaby                               The Inventories We Keep
Evelyn Sharenov                    Annie


IV.  COMPETENCE & COMPASSION
Robert P. Sticca                      This Guy Might Make It
Matthew B. Smith                   The Gift


V.  CHANGING PLACES                                      
David Page                              Burr Holes in the Heart
Paula Sergi                              Survey


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