TITLE

A wish

PUB. DATE

February 2005

SOURCE

BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);2/19/2005, Vol. 330 Issue 7488, p388

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Presents a poem by Matthew Arnold, English critic and poet on the failure to diagnose an illness.

ACCESSION #

16266347

Tags: POEMS;  ARNOLD, Matthew, 1822-1888;  DIAGNOSIS;  PHYSICIANS

 

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