Poet in Profile – Ted Kooser
Interpreting poems written by renowned poet Ted Kooser in a Nebraskan winter in 1998, his friend Amy Haddad highlights the beauty of the human spirit when faced with life-threatening challenges. Kooser wrote the poems on his two-mile walks before dawn as he recovered from surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation for tongue and neck cancer in 1998. Compact and powerful, they show how one creative mind forged a bit of order in the “chaos” of recovery.
Using Critical Reflexivity to Enhance Clinical Care: A Clinician Perspective
In the Critical Research and Perspectives section, Jenny Setchell, PhD, BSc(PT) and Blythe Dalziel, MScPT illustrate the process of critical reflexivity to examine values and assumptions that underpin clinical practice.
Stone Tongue
Download the article (pdf) Table of Contents The doctor observes.My son’s green-marbled eyes peerup at her. His kitten lips squirm,open, and leaden consonantsstripped of vowels fall out,more stone than speech. I read aloud to him:“What does the cowsay to her baby?” The doctor explains,“Sound begets speech.”My son with the stonetongue sits at the bottomof a […]
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Disability and Art in Fin-de-Siècle Paris
Fourth year medical student John David Ike explores Toulouse Lautrec’s physical disability and its impact on his art in fin-de-siècle Paris.
The Intouchables, A Reflection on Disability and Caregiving: Who Helps Whom?
The Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano film “The Intouchables” poignantly challenges traditional perceptions of disability by asking viewers to contemplate what it truly means to live a full life. The film has served as a powerful educational tool for Sarah Caston, Assistant Professor in the Wingate University Department of Physical Therapy.
Why a Poem in a Place Like This?
In Dr. Marilyn McEntyre’s article “Why a Poem in a Place Like This,” she reminds us of how poetry differs from prose, and her article serves as an affirmation for those of us who attempt to dabble in poetry writing as a reflective practice within our clinical care.