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The view from here
The Other Side
  1. Angela Lumba-Brown
  1. Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Angela Lumba-Brown, Emergency Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; alumba{at}stanford.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2021-211939

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    I went to the Emergency Department

    Through the same door

    That reflected my face set in determination

    At the beginning of each shift.

    But this time, I was wearing sandals

    And my mom was with me.

    Or rather, I was with her.

    The glass door mirrored my glassy eyes

    And my furrowed brow

    Just as it reflected the distraught faces of loved ones

    All. Day. Long. …

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors AL-B conceptualised, drafted and edited the document.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient and public involvement Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.