Journal of General Internal Medicine

, Volume 33, Issue 1, pp 129–132 | Cite as

Thornton Wilder and The Angel That Troubled the Waters: A Plea for Physician Healing

Healing Arts: Text and Context
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Notes

Acknowledgements

Thank you to both the editorial staff and reviewers at JGIM for their input throughout the revision process, as well as The Wilder Family LLC for granting us permission to use an excerpt from Thornton Wilder’s play The Angel That Troubled the Waters.

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Conflict of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of MedicineClevelandUSA
  2. 2.Internal Medicine National Consult Service Cleveland ClinicClevelandUSA

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