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Poem
The inner patient
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  1. Usama Mohammad Syed1,
  2. Shirin Ahmed2
  1. 1Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
  2. 2Faculty of Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Usama Mohammad Syed, Flat D4, Kenilworth Court, Hagley Road, Birmingham, B16 9NU, UK; us910{at}imperial.ac.uk, us910@ic.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2015-010668

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    The dreaded hum of the pager on your thigh,

    Shakes your self-belief with each nonchalant nudge…

    You take a deep breath,

    Put on a brave face and stride to the phone.

    The crack in your voice threatens to betray your true emotion,

    But you suppress its …

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