Abstract
Standard procedure prompts health professionals to ask, “Is Stress Causing My Patients’ Symptoms?” With acknowledgment of the visceral ways systemic oppression gets under the skin, the poem is a meditation on new possibilities for measuring and ameliorating stress. The author has been living with chronic hives since early 2016, and over the years, doctors have continued to suggest she focus on reducing sources of stress in her life. To view the original version of this poem, see the supplemental material section of this article online.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
Supplementary Material
Please find the following supplemental material available below.
For Open Access articles published under a Creative Commons License, all supplemental material carries the same license as the article it is associated with.
For non-Open Access articles published, all supplemental material carries a non-exclusive license, and permission requests for re-use of supplemental material or any part of supplemental material shall be sent directly to the copyright owner as specified in the copyright notice associated with the article.
