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Palliative care*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2017

Andrew J. McLean
Andrew J. McLean*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, University of North Dakota Fargo, North Dakota
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Andrew J. McLean, Clinical Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, University of North Dakota, 1919 Elm Street North, Fargo, North Dakota 58102. E-Mail: andrew.mclean@med.und.edu.
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Type
Poetry/Fiction
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Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 15 , Issue 5 , October 2017 , pp. 625
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

When you come to visit me,
Please be yourself. To me
You have always been funny,
Genuine, spontaneous.
Don't put on a new persona.
Don't act differently
Despite the circumstances.
(I go to concerts to hear
The old songs I love and remember,
Not the latest album.)
I want to joke
I want to reminisce
I want us to be
As we always have been.
I know this sounds all about me.
But it is.

Footnotes

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This poem was written from a patient's perspective about receiving visitors on the palliative care unit.

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* This poem was written from a patient's perspective about receiving visitors on the palliative care unit.