Sonnet: On Medical Practice

The Diagnosis of diseases is prime! Listen, see, feel and treat patient with care; For life or death depends on precious time, And cure in the true sense is rather rare. And Therapeusis is both art and science; Know ill-effects of drugs before you give; Act per the Ethics, also Conscience; Weigh benefits to risks; let patient live! The Prognosis is important to all! All complications must be expected; Let Nature take the lives she wants to call; The right to die is to be respected. O Physician, thine job is most sacred! Know well the living from the nearly-dead. 7-1-2003 Dedicated to PHYSICIANS and HEALERS On World Doctor’s Day