‘Medical’ is to be interpreted in the widest sense, including the nature of the body, and anatomy; the history, evolution, current and future state of medical science; the nature and experience of tests; the experience of doctors, nurses and other staff in hospitals and in the community; the experience of patients, families, friends and carers in these situations; the experiences of acute and long-term illness and dying, of birth, of cure and convalescence; the patient journey; the nature and experience of treatment with herbs, chemicals and devices used in medicine.
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Rules and dates
· Information for entrants
Contacts
· IAS
· FPM
All winning and commended poems will be published in a book of 46 poems. The highest ranked 300 entries will also be published electronically.
A new annual competition for a poem on a medical subject
About the competition
2011 COMPETITION DEADLINE
12mn GMT - 31st January 2011
