Doctors and Patients - An Anthology
Doctors and Patients - An Anthology

Author: Cecil Helman

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2018-12-14

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1315344173

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This is a wonderful collection of stories about doctors and patients, including many by world-famous authors who were also physicians, such as Oliver Sacks, Anton Chekhov and Arthur Conan Doyle. Always moving, entertaining and informative, and sometimes troubling, these remarkable stories will appeal to anyone with an interest in health, illness and medical care. They also provide essential core material for those studying doctor-patient communication, the literature of medicine and medical humanities. The stories, some written from the doctor's viewpoint, some from that of the patient, illuminate the warmth and compassion - but also the many problems - in relationships between doctors and patients, both in the past and today. Doctors and Patients: an anthology is enjoyable, fascinating and enlightening - for oneself, and for friends and partners, whether healthcare professionals or interested general readers.

Poetry in Medicine
Poetry in Medicine

Author: Michael Salcman

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780892554492

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Infused with hope, heartbreak, and humor, this book gathers our greatest poets from antiquity to the present, prescribing new perspectives on doctors and patients, remedies and procedures, illness and recovery. A literary elixir, Poetry in Medicine displays the genre's capacity to heal us.

The Country Doctor Revisited
The Country Doctor Revisited

Author: Therese Zink

Publisher: Literature and Medicine

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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An anthology that addresses the changing nature of rural medicine in the United States "These authors courageously document the emotional and literally physical vulnerabilities they experience while delivering care in rural communities. ... This book exquisitely illustrates the complexity of 'dual relationships' and boundary issues in rural practice."--Family Medicine Over the past thirty years, rural health care in the United States has changed dramatically. The stereotypical white-haired doctor with his black bag of instruments and his predominantly white, small-town clientele has imploded: the global age has reached rural America. Independently owned clinics have given way to a massive system of hospitals; new technology now brings specialists right to the patient's bedside; and an increasingly diverse clientele has sparked the need for doctors and nurses with an equally diverse assortment of skills. The Country Doctor Revisited is a fascinating collection of essays, poems, and short stories written by rural health care professionals on the experiences of doctors and nurses practicing medicine in rural environments, such as farms, reservations, and migrant camps. The pieces explore the benefits and burdens of new technology, the dilemmas in making ethically sound decisions, and the trials of caring for patients in a broken system. Alternately compelling, thought provoking, and moving, they speak of the diversity of rural health care providers, the range of patients served in rural communities, the variety of settings that comprise the rural United States, and the resources and challenges health care providers and patients face today.

A Life in Medicine
A Life in Medicine

Author: Robert Coles

Publisher: New Press, The

Published: 2012-09-04

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1595587802

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“Excellent” poetry and prose about physicians and their patients, by Raymond Carver, Kay Redfield Jamison, Rachel Naomi Remen, and more (Library Journal). A Life in Medicine collects stories, poems, and essays by and for those in the healing profession, who are struggling to keep up with the science while staying true to the humanitarian goals at the heart of their work. Organized around the central themes of altruism, knowledge, skill, and duty, the book includes contributions from well-known authors, doctors, nurses, practitioners, and patients. Provocative and moving pieces address what it means to care for a life in a century of unprecedented scientific advances, examining issues of hope and healing from both ends of the stethoscope. “An anthology of lasting appeal to those interested in medicine, well-written literature, and a sympathetic understanding of human life.” —Booklist

The Doctor is in Love
The Doctor is in Love

Author: Angeli E. Dumatol

Publisher: An Apple a Day Books

Published: 2021-05-30

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13:

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Walk along the corridors of Sta. Gianna University Hospital for a glimpse into the lives of its doctors as they heal the sick, serve those in need, and fall in love in this medical romance anthology. FIRST CUT BY ANGELI E. DUMATOL Tags: rivals to lovers, there is only one residency slot Heat Level 0 Fresh from the medical boards, Sage is determined to get into the prestigious neurosurgery residency program at Sta. Gianna University Hospital. Unfortunately, only one first year will be accepted, and for that slot, she has to compete with Rainier, son of the renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Acosta. Pre-residency finds the two of them going head-to-head in a showdown of knowledge and skill, but Sage and Rainier soon realize that the coveted residency slot isn’t the only thing they want anymore: They also want each other. THE DAYS OF RAIN AND FLOWERS BY EK GONZALES Tags: there is only one bed, friends to lovers Heat Level 3 Rain finds themself having lost a hotel room reservation for an out-of-town medical conference. But suddenly their crush Toni takes them as a roommate during the conference. Being so close together while so far from the hospital, things are finally talked about, finally said, finally done… FINALLY HOME BY CELESTINE TRINIDAD Tags: friends (research partners) to lovers, second chance romance Heat Level 0 Mayumi and Joaquin were not only research partners and co-fellows back during Mayumi's brief stay in the US for her fellowship, maybe they were more, so much more--until she left him to go back home to the Philippines. They meet again two years later, when they are both invited as speakers in an out-of-town medical conference of the Sta Gianna University Hospital. Awkwardness ensues, yet feelings also return. Will they also get another chance at love? STATUS: IN A FAKE RELATIONSHIP BY SUZETTE DE BORJA Tags: friends to lovers, fake dating Heat Level 3 OB GYN Guia Carlos is afraid her best friend pediatrician Dominic Carpio is going to get his heart broken all over again. His glamorous ex-girlfriend is back in Manila and is going to the same out-of-town medical conference in Subic he will be attending. If protecting him from another heartbreak requires tagging along to a weekend conference and posing as his new girlfriend, then Guia was going to protect Dominic, even if it might just be at the cost of her own heart. Content warnings: depictions of a broken healthcare system and government corruption, mention of deceased parents, mentions of homophobia concerns and toxic masculinity

Pulse
Pulse

Author: Diane Guernsey

Publisher: Voices from the Heart of Medicine, Incorporated

Published: 2011-10-17

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 9780615553351

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Every Friday, Pulse--voices from the heart of medicine (www.pulsemagazine.org) sends its readers a compelling first-person story or poem about health care. These intimate and authentic voices of health professionals, patients and students have earned Pulse an enthusiastic and growing international readership. This volume includes every story and poem from Pulse's first year of publication. "All of the stories in this book...are told with a kind of urgency; these encounters change lives and mark memories. This collection is in some sense about writing for one's life..." Perri Klass, JAMA

Becoming Doctors: 25 Years Later
Becoming Doctors: 25 Years Later

Author: Par Bolina

Publisher: Clovercroft Publishing

Published: 2021-06

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781950892983

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Twenty-five years after graduating from America's top medical schools, twenty-five physicians from a dozen specialties share the joys and struggles of learning and practicing medicine today. After studying at Brown, Cornell, Emory, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Yale and a dozen more medical schools, these doctors went on to become emergency medicine physicians, family practitioners, gynecologists, internists, obstetricians, pediatricians, psychiatrists, and surgeons across the United States. Today, while working alongside the clinical soldiers and scientists protecting our citizens from this pandemic, these physicians tell us of the gratification, joy and fulfillment of their work coupled with their experiences of uncertainty, fear, and disappointment practicing medicine over three decades. Their essays, stories, drawings, and poems form a unique anthology, capturing their aspirations and struggles as students and their challenges and successes as physicians, parents, and teachers. Not surprisingly, when asked whether they would make the same career choice or whether they would recommend a career in medicine for their children, they reaffirm the decision to become doctors. Perhaps such predictability is best explained by an innovative thinker and gracious teacher from the past century, Albert Einstein, who said, "only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." These physicians have done just that.

What Doctors Feel
What Doctors Feel

Author: Danielle Ofri, MD

Publisher: Beacon Press

Published: 2013-06-04

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 0807073334

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“A fascinating journey into the heart and mind of a physician” that explores the doctor-patient relationship, the flaws in our health care system, and how doctors’ emotions impact medical care (Boston Globe) While much has been written about the minds and methods of the medical professionals who save our lives, precious little has been said about their emotions. Physicians are assumed to be objective, rational beings, easily able to detach as they guide patients and families through some of life’s most challenging moments. But understanding doctors’ emotional responses to the life-and-death dramas of everyday practice can make all the difference on giving and getting the best medical care. Digging deep into the lives of doctors, Dr. Danielle Ofri examines the daunting range of emotions—shame, anger, empathy, frustration, hope, pride, occasionally despair, and sometimes even love—that permeate the contemporary doctor-patient connection. Drawing on scientific studies, including some surprising research, Dr. Ofri offers up an unflinching look at the impact of emotions on health care. Dr. Ofri takes us into the swirling heart of patient care, telling stories of caregivers caught up and occasionally torn down by the whirlwind life of doctoring. She admits to the humiliation of an error that nearly killed one of her patients. She mourns when a beloved patient is denied a heart transplant. She tells the riveting stories of an intern traumatized when she is forced to let a newborn die in her arms, and of a doctor whose daily glass of wine to handle the frustrations of the ER escalates into a destructive addiction. Ofri also reveals that doctors cope through gallows humor, find hope in impossible situations, and surrender to ecstatic happiness when they triumph over illness.

The Doctor Stories
The Doctor Stories

Author: William Carlos Williams

Publisher: New Directions Publishing

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780811209267

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Not only for students and doctors, this volume contains Williams's thirteen doctor stories, several of his most famous poems on medical matters, and The Practice from The Autobiography.

Medicine Women
Medicine Women

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2021-07-11

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9780645178036

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Doctor, mother, feminist, boss. Confident, scared, capable, challenged, fierce, demanding, assertive, vulnerable. Every woman wears many hats. Women around the globe face challenges in advancing in their careers, and of all careers, healthcare is one of the most challenging. Medicine Woman offers the stories of how women have reconciled their different experiences into a coherent whole, shaped by personal feelings as well as professional experience, creating a whole that is never perfect-but always learning and evolving. Every woman who works in medicine or healthcare is, at her core, human. Just like you. Even the impossible is possible. These women are proof.