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Blog|Articles|December 20, 2024
The Talking Cure
Author(s)Richard M. Berlin, MD
Key Takeaways
- Jack Coulehan's poem "The Talking Cure" is featured in his new book, reflecting his medical and ethical background.
- Coulehan, a retired physician, has contributed significantly to medical humanities through his seven poetry collections.
"They don't teach the talking treatment anymore..."
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Any Good Poem
Richard Berlin, MD, shares the poem "The Talking Cure" by Jack Coulehan, the titular poem of Coulehan's new book
Dr Berlin has been writing a poem about his experience of being a doctor every month for the past 26 years in Psychiatric Times in a column called “Poetry of the Times.” He is instructor in psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts. His latest book is Tender Fences.
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