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1Madeleine Mysko coordinates AJN's monthly Reflections column and is a poet, novelist, essayist, and graduate of the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars who has taught creative writing in Baltimore, MD, for many years. Off the Charts is coordinated by Jacob Molyneux, senior editor: jacob.molyneux@wolterskluwer.com.
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Updated several times a week with posts by a wide variety of authors, AJN's blog Off the Charts allows us to provide more timely-and often more personal-perspectives on professional, policy, and clinical issues. Best of the Blog will be a regular column to draw the attention of AJN readers to posts we think deserve a wider audience. To read more, please visit: www.ajnoffthecharts.com.
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