What can medical students learn from art?

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Posted: Nov 12, 2012 11:10 AM ET

Last Updated: Nov 12, 2012 10:46 AM ET

Robert Pope, Dalhousie medical school's first artist in residence, painted his journey with cancer. His work was displayed for medical students so that they could learn from what he went through and is now on exhibition for the public.

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