A Proliferation of Cells

Authors

  • Jenna Pastorini Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Abstract

This creative non-fiction piece is a product of my participation in a Medical Memoir course to fulfill my humanities requirement at Sidney Kimmel Medical College. I started the course approximately a month into my first year of medical school. My plight against the thinly veiled perception of tragedy, cancer and loss of a parent specifically, as glamorous has bubbled beneath the surface of my consciousness for approximately 10 years. The course served as the perfect space to pour this out as I dissected how cancer was portrayed in this setting, medical school broadly and anatomy lab specifically, and how it insulted, complimented and validated my personal experience with the illness.

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Published

2020-11-02

How to Cite

Pastorini, J. (2020). A Proliferation of Cells. Ars Medica, 15(2), 12. Retrieved from https://ars-medica.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/1245