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Journal of General Internal Medicine
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 1/2017

01-01-2017 | Healing Arts: Materia Medica

Two Creams, Three Sugars

Author: Michelle Izmaylov, BS

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 1/2017

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Rain on a sunny day. A new admission with unkempt purple hair, lying on her side and facing the far wall. I stand in the doorway and stare at her bare back. The records in my arms are white paper and black ink. The black is: she is a homeless woman with a facial droop. …
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Title
Two Creams, Three Sugars
Author
Michelle Izmaylov, BS
Publication date
01-01-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-016-3806-z

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