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The Connection Between Writing and Medicine

Exploring the therapeutic benefits of writing for doctors, this chapter demonstrates how the act of writing helps process difficult experiences, enhance empathy and improve patient care through story-telling. It also touches upon the role of novels in bringing order to chaos and helping physicians confront mortality, culminating in the mention of the speaker's new novel.

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