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Why a Hospital Needs a Waterfall

Bonnie Salomon, MD

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  • From Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, Deerfield, Illinois.

    Current Author Address: Bonnie Salomon, MD, Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, 139 Riverside Drive, Deerfield, IL 60015; e-mail, BonSalomon@aol.com.

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It's easy in April
to walk along rosy paths
inhaling fragrance deep
into healthy lungs. Much harder
after frost, with stiff joints
we make our terminal way.
So, of course, a hospital
needs a waterfall.
There must be the slap of beauty,
the memory of hope in this place
for healing, where suffering cascades down
as a rush of water, blending
inside this placid pond.
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Salomon B. Why a Hospital Needs a Waterfall. Ann Intern Med. 2016;165:598. doi: 10.7326/M16-0978

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2016;165(8):598.

DOI: 10.7326/M16-0978

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