Veneta Masson

A former public health nurse with many years’ experience, Veneta Masson, R.N., M.A., is also the author of three books. Though no longer in practice, Veneta continues to explore healing art. The title of her newest collection, Clinician’s Guide to the Soul, was also the title of her conference workshop. “As a family nurse practitioner, I relied on countless ‘clinician’s guides,’ concise, up-to-the-minute print or online references to specific topics like antibiotics, common skin conditions or pediatric lab values. But, a guide to the soul! What is the soul? And why, in this golden age of scientific exploration and achievement, do so many of us insist on its relevance to health and health care?”

This workshop was part of the Literature & Medicine program’s national conference, Caring for the Caregiver: Perspectives on Literature and Medicine, held on November 9 & 10, 2007, in Manchester, NH. Please leave your comments—or personal perspective, if you were there—on Veneta's workshop here.