Tag: Joel L. Chinitz
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There is a time
Joel L. Chinitz Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Vanitas, 1686 Adriaen Coorte, Dutch (1660–1707) Oil on canvas 19.72 × 16.3 in When the doors flew open, the noisy hoard—many in dirty, white jackets and floppy, bloodstained, green pants—circled the nurses’ station and overran the medical Intensive Care Unit. Wednesday renal rounds had begun. As two…
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The Gone-A-Gram
Joel L. Chinitz Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility, Pennsylvania, United States “Have I got this right? When you . . . eh . . . reach eighty points . . . you’re gone.” “Yes sir. That’s right.” “But if you have seventy-nine . . . you’re still here.” Harry Crenshaw looked into the faces…