Tag: Bonnie Salomon
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On the death of a hospital volunteer
Bonnie SalomonLake Forest, Illinois, United States Golf course greens were not for you—too quiet. No cruise ships to sail—too boring. Retirement held no enchantment for you. Instead, you chose us— —the motley ER crew—hardly noticed, gliding through white coats and scrubs. “Just made fresh coffee,”—your calling card. How many cups after fifteen years? You were…
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Emily Dickinson and medical ethics: The “Belle of Amherst” as ethicist
Bonnie SalomonIllinois, United States It is a conceit of many a reader to interpret poetry as it affects their daily life. It certainly is a fancy of this reader, pouring over Emily Dickinson’s poems as a literary respite. While teaching a medical ethics course at a local college this past autumn, I stumbled onto several…