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y separately published work icon Verbal Medicine : Twenty-One Contemporary Clinician Poets of Australia & New Zealand with Introduction, Historical Sketch and Select Bibliography anthology   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Verbal Medicine : Twenty-One Contemporary Clinician Poets of Australia & New Zealand with Introduction, Historical Sketch and Select Bibliography
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'One hundred poems, a historical sketch and select bibliography record a blossoming of poetry concerned to locate the human firmly at the centre of a clinical world that often has other priorities.' (Publication summary)

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* Contents derived from the Charnwood, Belconnen area, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Ginninderra Press , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Waiting Roomi"In the back room behind it", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 13)
Pages from the Other World : Snap Shots from a Journey Through Illness : Veinsi"Trees of my life", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 14)
Note: With title: Veins
On the Way to the Operating Theatrei"How strange it is", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Operating Theatrei"The first thing they do", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 17)
Intravenous Dripi"The thin man is always beside me.", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 18)
Paini"When it's over, the body", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 19)
Anniversaryi"It is summer again. The city has taken", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Migrainei"against a surfeit", Juliana Burgesen-Bednareck , single work poetry (p. 21)
Signingi"She takes the reading glasses", Juliana Burgesen-Bednareck , single work poetry (p. 22)
I. Dad's Monologuei"Between 12.30 and 2, a rough estimate,", Juliana Burgesen-Bednareck , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
II. The Responsei"Uncanny-thick cement slab laundry floor", Juliana Burgesen-Bednareck , single work poetry (p. 25)
X. The Reminderi"Now, Bubby, I've turned the electricity off, and asked", Juliana Burgesen-Bednareck , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Accidenti"The radio tells me", Michelle Cahill , single work poetry (p. 26)
The Whitei"He lacquered a hard wood table today", Lidija Cvetkovic , single work poetry (p. 36)
The Body's Innuendoi"At first I only sensed the obvious -", Lidija Cvetkovic , single work poetry (p. 37-38)
The Skeletoni"Passed on second hand it cost thirty quid,", Carolyn Fisher , single work poetry (p. 39)
Suicide on Christmas Evei"After the doctor, the steam-cleaners,", Peter Goldsworthy , single work poetry (p. 40)
Four Morbid Songsi"I learnt to love a body once,", Peter Goldsworthy , single work poetry (p. 41-44)
The Operationi"Becoming the person you have always been", Peter Goldsworthy , single work poetry (p. 45)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide - Enfield area, Adelaide - Northwest, Adelaide, South Australia,: Ginninderra Press , 2011 .
      Extent: 147p.
      Edition info: 2nd ed.
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliographic references.
      ISBN: 9781740277174
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Works about this Work

[Review] Verbal Medicine Bill Tully , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Voice : A Journal of Comment and Review , December no. 20 2006; (p. 45-46)
— Review of Verbal Medicine : Twenty-One Contemporary Clinician Poets of Australia & New Zealand with Introduction, Historical Sketch and Select Bibliography 2006 anthology poetry
[Review] Verbal Medicine Laura Jan Shore , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Spring vol. 13 no. 4 2006; (p. 53-54)
— Review of Verbal Medicine : Twenty-One Contemporary Clinician Poets of Australia & New Zealand with Introduction, Historical Sketch and Select Bibliography 2006 anthology poetry
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