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Life threatening emergencies involving infants and children are inherently dramatic, tension-filled situations. It is no wonder, then, that depictions of such events can be found in literature by and about doctors. In many ways, too, such depictions can illuminate key aspects of such events, such as the physician's own anxiety and the tensions between the various people involved, better than the medical literature. Hence it is suggested that the study of literary depictions of pediatric emergencies might be a useful adjunct for those, physicians and other health care providers, who are called upon to manage them.
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Rockney, R. Life threatening emergencies involving children in the literature of the doctor. J Med Hum 12, 153–161 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01138950
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