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An immersive reading of E.E. Cummings' poem '[O sweet spontaneous]' with reflections on understanding and the clinician-patient relationship.

Send us Fan Mail Description: An immersive reading of [O sweet spontaneous] by E.E. Cummings with reflection on ways of understanding, science, and the clinician patient relationship Website: https://anauscultation.wordpress.com Work: [O sweet spontaneous] by E.E. Cummings O sweet spontaneous earth how often have the doting fingers of prurient philosophers pinched and poked thee ,has the naughty thumb of science prodded thy &...

Topics covered

• poetry
• E.E. Cummings
• clinician patient relationship
• science
• understanding

Keywords

• E.E. Cummings
• poetry
• health
• science
• clinician patient relationship

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: [O sweet spontaneous]

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