Still Life: Coming Home in 55 Words

Elizabeth Fleming

doi:10.22454/FamMed.2023.902132

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Still Life: Coming Home in 55 Words

Elizabeth A. Fleming, MD

Fam Med. 2023;55(10):684-684.

DOI: 10.22454/FamMed.2023.902132

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Feet tumbled toward me in greeting. I exchanged my contaminated work clothes, listened to the cacophony of news: a newly wiggly tooth, a crashed ship, an urgent report of an errant elbow that either “whacked” or “accidentally tapped” an unsuspecting ear. Hugs tangled my weary legs as I notice a dandelion perched on my nightstand.

Lead Author

Elizabeth A. Fleming, MD

Affiliations: Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Corresponding Author

Elizabeth A. Fleming, MD

Correspondence: SSM Health Dean Medical Group, Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, University of Wisconsin, 1821 S. Stoughton Rd., Madison, WI 53716. 608-213-6981. Fax: 608-260-6366.

Email: Liz.Fleming@fammed.wisc.edu

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