• Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · Jan 2012

    [Lyre and lancet: doctors as writers].

    • Arko Oderwald.
    • VU Medisch Centrum, afd. Metamedica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ak.oderwald@vumc.nl
    • Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2012 Jan 1; 156 (1): A4420.

    AbstractMany medical doctors have become famous writers or poets. The two professions do have similarities: both have a professional preference for people in a crisis situation, both need to come close to their subject while maintaining a certain distance, the relationship between the individual and the general plays a central role in the practice of medicine and writing, writing and healing are similar in many ways and stories play an important role for both doctors and writers. We discuss these similarities in this article.

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