Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Poetic Obituaries: Returning to the University of Sydney,

he [Stan Goulston] studied poetry and literature relating to patient care and was awarded a masters degree in philosophy in 1996.

He pioneered the teaching of medical humanities in Australia and his term on literature and poetry in medicine was vastly over-subscribed.

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His first poem, written when he was 17, had been a love poem to Jean Danglow, later his wife. In 2007, his book Poetry for Pleasure was published. The last poem in the book was Life Continues after Ninety.

from The Sydney Morning Herald: A doctor, a poet, and many other roles

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