Artist Statement
This poem explores the sacred oath of healing as it relates to a physician-patient relationship.
Recommended Citation
Bawaney, Fatima
(2025)
"An Oath Fulfilled,"
be Still: Vol. 9, Article 11.
Available at:
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/bestill/vol9/iss1/11
About the Artist
As a third year medical student on clinical rotations, I am learning what providing care for patients looks like from a physician's perspective. As a daughter who previously sat by her father's hospital bed to speak with his surgeon about his urgent CABG, I know what receiving compassionate care in a time of crisis looks like. This poem explores the sacred oath of healing as it relates to both sides of a physician-patient relationship.