02486nam 22006375 450 991016495380332120230809222738.010.7208/9780226468167(CKB)3710000001064041(MiAaPQ)EBC4806488(DE-B1597)524579(OCoLC)972734361(DE-B1597)9780226468167(EXLCZ)99371000000106404120191022d2017 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDiary of Our Fatal Illness /Charles BardesChicago : University of Chicago Press, [2017]©20171 online resource (65 pages)Phoenix Poets0-226-46816-X 0-226-46802-X Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- One -- Two -- NotesThis moving prose poem tells the story of an aged man who suffers a prolonged and ultimately fatal illness. From initial diagnosis to remission to relapse to death, the experience is narrated by the man's son, a practicing doctor. Charles Bardes, a physician and poet, draws on years of experience with patients and sickness to construct a narrative that links myth, diverse metamorphoses, and the modern mechanics of death. We stand with the doctors, the family, and, above all, a sick man and his disease as their voices are artfully crafted into a new and powerful language of illness.Phoenix poets.Terminally ill parentsPoetryCatastrophic illnessPsychological aspectsPoetryCancerPoetryPatientsPoetryPhysiciansPoetryMedical carePoetryFamilies of the terminally illPoetryFathers and sonsPoetryAutobiographical poetry, AmericanTerminally ill parentsCatastrophic illnessPsychological aspectsCancerPatientsPhysiciansMedical careFamilies of the terminally illFathers and sonsAutobiographical poetry, American.811.6Bardes Charles, 957053DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910164953803321Diary of Our Fatal Illness2167763UNINA