"In the Foothills of Medicine" shares one doctor's intriguing true story from the front lines of medicine. Dr. Robert McKersie writes vividly and passionately about the patients whom he saw, touched, and thought about during his intense inner city internship in family medicine and medical treks to remote villages in Nepal. The book shelves are lined with memoirs, personal accounts, and narratives by young doctors, residents, and graduating medical students. "In the Foothills of Medicine," written candidly in clear and simple prose that goes beyond the usual account of the experiences of...