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The Language of Loss

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2026.2003

March 26, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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In this narrative medicine essay, a palliative care physician discusses the impact that the death of her brother had on her time as an attending physician working in the emergency department.

Corresponding Author: Caroline P. Meehan, MD, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02116 (cpmeehan@mgh.harvard.edu).

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