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Precarious Peace

Image of a window washer working on a large glass building

Jonathan Spradley

Hospitals tend to hold strongly positive or negative associations for people: those of inspiring medical expertise and research or painful memories about themselves or loved ones. Often overlooked are the quiet, routine moments that occur every day from maintenance to landscaping to window washing that allow hospitals to stand amidst their chaos within.

Jonathan Spradley is a medical student at UAMS.

Posted on January 30, 2020

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