Notes from underwater

Auch explains he describes his pain following an accident. His pain is a river but never changing in any meaningful way. His days in hospital were also a river, his time spent sloshing down some ragged channel, hours passing without meaningful distinction. Just like the sky means nothing and the pai...

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Published in:Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) 2024-06, Vol.196 (23), p.E794-E794
Main Author: Auch, Neal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Hospital patients
Humanities
Nurses
Pain
Rivers
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Summary:Auch explains he describes his pain following an accident. His pain is a river but never changing in any meaningful way. His days in hospital were also a river, his time spent sloshing down some ragged channel, hours passing without meaningful distinction. Just like the sky means nothing and the pain meant nothing. There was a flow from moment to moment, but nothing that could be pinned down, nothing that could be held onto -- this is the nature of rivers. Today he's not in pain anymore.
ISSN:0820-3946
1488-2329
1488-2329
DOI:10.1503/cmaj.240084