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Published in: Journal of Medicine and the Person 3/2015

01-12-2015 | Case Report

Reuniting with an old friend

Author: Alyse Keller

Published in: Journal of Medicine and the Person | Issue 3/2015

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I sit on the 737, awaiting Inevitable Doom. Every time I board a plane, I prepare myself for death. This is not just a superstitious disposition that comes and goes. My fear of flying is an embodied ordeal that starts days before I board, lasts the entire journey, and continues hours after I land. Given my present ability to write this, I have yet to be in a devastating airplane accident, but the thought never ceases (and even writing this makes me nervous). …
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Title
Reuniting with an old friend
Author
Alyse Keller
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Journal of Medicine and the Person / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 2035-9411
Electronic ISSN: 2036-3877
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12682-015-0218-5

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